κορώνη

Ancient Greek

noun
Definitions
  • a type of sea-bird, perhaps shearwater
  • crow
  • anything curved, especially a door handle
  • the tip of a bow, on which the string is hooked
  • the curved stern of a ship, especially its crown (ornamental top)
  • the tip of a plow-beam, upon which the yoke was attached
  • process of the coronoid process of the ulna, apophysis (the part of a bone where the tendon is attached)
  • end, tip, point
  • nightingale
  • a type of crown
  • culmination of something, especially of a festival

Etymology

Derived from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (cut, turn, bend, cut off, curve, divide, wrinkle, scrape, sever, shorten, split, dry, jump, move, in the sense of an enclosure, shrink, swing, part, skimp).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*(s)ker-

Gloss

cut, turn, bend, cut off, curve, divide, wrinkle, scrape, sever, shorten, split, dry, jump, move, in the sense of an enclosure, shrink, swing, part, skimp

Concept
Semantic Field

Basic actions and technology

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Kanji

踊

Emoji
✂️ ✂️ 🎬️

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