querkとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Middle English querken (also as querkenen), from Old Norse kvirkja (“to strangle”), from Proto-Germanic *kwirkijaną, from Proto-Germanic *kwerkō (“gullet, throat”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷergʷ-, *gʷerkʷ-, *gʷerw- (“throat, neck”). Cognate with Old Frisian querka ("to strangle"; > North Frisian querke, quirke (“to querk”)), Danish kværke (“to throttle, strangle, suffocate”), Icelandic kyrkja, kvirkja (“to throttle, strangle”), Middle Low German querken (“to strangle”), Middle Low German querke, quarke (“throat, gullet”), Old High German querka, querkela (“throat, gullet”), Latin gurguliō (“throat”). More at gurgle.

発音

• (Received 発音) IPA^(key): /kwɜːk/
• 韻: -ɜː(ɹ)k
• Homophone: quirk

動詞

querk (三人称単数 現在形 querks, 現在分詞 querking, 過去形および過去分詞形 querked)

1. (transitive) To throttle; choke; stifle; suffocate.
2. (intransitive) To grunt, croak, squeal; to moan, complain; to sigh, huff; to emit a breath forcibly, as after great exertion.
3. (dialectal, intransitive) To die.

関連する語

• querken