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sunkus

Pronunciation: /sʊŋˈkʊs/

“sunkus” is a Lithuanian word. Its 2 meanings in English:

adjective

  1. heavy
  2. hard, difficult

Etymology

Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *sengʷ- (“to sink”). Compare typologically Russian гру́зный (grúznyj) (akin to погружа́ться (pogružátʹsja), погряза́ть (pogrjazátʹ)). Perhaps from an n-infixed formation of sùkti (“to turn”), though the details are unclear. An older theory by Pokorny derives the word from a supposed Proto-Indo-European *sʷenk-, *sunk-; see also Old High German swangar (“pregnant”).

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