gömmek

Meaning

  1. (ditransitive) to bury (place in the ground)
  2. (ditransitive) to bury (inter a corpse in a grave or tomb)
  3. (transitive) to lay to rest
  4. (transitive) to attend to the funeral of the deceased
  5. (ditransitive) to bury (hide or conceal as if by covering with earth)
  6. (figuratively, humorous, transitive) to bury, to outlive
  7. (figuratively, transitive) to bully, to criticize, to pick at

Frequency

C2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɟœmˈmec/
Etymology

In summary

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish كوممك (gömmek, “to bury”), from Proto-Common Turkic *köm- (“to bury”). Cognate with Azerbaijani gömmək, Kazakh көму (kömu), Kyrgyz көмүү (kömüü), etc.

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