Open Multilingual Wordnet 1.3

01545314-v ✪ 'sit on one's heels'; V1;

Chinese (simplified)	蜷缩 , 蹲坐 , 蹲下 , 蹲伏 , 蹲
English	squat ₈ ( ⊳ ⊳ ⊳ ) , crouch ₇ , hunker down ₁ , scrunch , scrunch up , hunker
Indonesian	gerumuk , mengokol , meringkuk , bercangkung , cangkung , bertinggung , dekam , bertelimpuh , meninggung , mendekam , jongkok , menongkrong , merangkung , mencangkung , bertimpuh , duduk bertinggung , berjongkok , mencongkong
Japanese	屈む , しゃがむ , かがむ , 屈みこむ , 屈まる , 屈み込む , かがみ込む , 蹲む , 蹲る , 踞る , しゃがみ込む

Definitions

English: sit on one's heels
― In some cultures, the women give birth while squatting; The children hunkered down to protect themselves from the sandstorm
Japanese: 踵の上に座る
― いくつかの文化において、しゃがんでいる間に女性が出産する; 子供たちは、砂嵐から身を守るためにしゃがんだ

Relations

Hypernym:	sit
Semantic Field:	contact_v

Verb Frames

Something ----s; Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP;

External Links

TempoWN: ◁ △ ▶ (Past: 0.000; Present: 0.000; Future: 0.196)

SentiWN: △ ▽ (+0.00 -0.00) MLSentiCon: △ ▽ (+0.00 -0.00)