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ELBOWS

Modern Translation: ELBOWS

Language Translations for "ELBOWS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

German

  

Ellenbogen (elbow). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

verekedni készül (to square up to sy), verekedő állásba helyezkedik (to square, to square one's elbows, to square one's shoulders), verekedő (pugnacious, rowdy), lerongyolódott (down at heel, out at heels, to be down at heels, to be out at elbows, to be out at heels), kopottas (dingy, down at the heel), kopott (shabby, dingy, ragged, rinky-dink, rubbed, threadbare, worn), bokszállásba helyezkedik (to square one's shoulders), állásba helyezkedik (to square one's elbows). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

肘枕 (using one's elbows as a pillow), 両肘 (both elbows). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

ひじまくら (using one's elbows as a pillow), りょうひじ (both elbows). (various references)

   

Manx

  

uiljyn. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

elbowsay.(various references)

   

Romanian

  

rupt în coate (out at elbows), ocupat pânã peste cap (up to the elbows in), nevoiaş (destitute, indigent, low-lived, needy, out at elbows, penniless, wretched), jerpelit (out at elbows, ragamuffin, tatterdemalion, time worn), avea coatele gãurite (be out at elbows), a-şi sprijini coatele pe masã (rest one's elbows on the table), a-şi rezema coatele pe masã (rest one's elbows on the table). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

armbågar. (various references)

   

Thai

  

พบปะ/ทำงานหรืออาศัยอยู่ใกล้ชิดกับ (rub elbows / shoulders with). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

perişan (confused, dead beat, dead end, desolate, distraught, down and out, down at heels, forlorn, hangdog, out at elbows, poor, prostrate, ruinous, run down, scattered, seedy, shoestring, up the spout, wretched), dirsekleri yırtılmış (out at elbows), üstü başı dökülen (out at elbows, tattered). (various references)

   

Turkmen 

  

яassanmak (lean on one's elbows). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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