untar

Meaning

  1. (transitive) to anoint
  2. (transitive) to smear, to grease
  3. (figuratively, transitive) to bribe
  4. (reflexive) to get greasy, to smear oneself
  5. (figuratively, reflexive) to take a cut

Frequency

20k
Pronounced as (IPA)
[unˈta]
Etymology

In summary

Inherited from Late Latin unctāre, frequentative of Latin ungere (via its past participle unctus), from earlier unguere, from Proto-Italic *ongʷō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃engʷ- (“anoint”).

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