cumhang

Gaelic (Scots)

adjective
Definitions
  • narrow, close, tight
  • close-minded, narrow-minded, illiberal

Etymology

Inherited from Old Irish cumung inherited from Proto-Celtic *komingus, *kom-ingus inherited from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm (with, along, next to, at, by, beside, near), *h₂enǵʰ- (narrow, tighten, tied together, constrict).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*h₂enǵʰ-

Gloss

narrow, tighten, tied together, constrict

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Property

Kanji

狭

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