makurtu

From makur (“bent”) +‎ -tu.

• IPA^(key): /makurtu/ [ma.kur.t̪u]
• Rhymes: -urtu, -u
• Hyphenation: ma‧kur‧tu

makurtu da/du (imperfect participle makurtzen, future participle makurtuko, short form makur, verbal noun makurtze)

1. to deviate

   Synonym: okertu

2. to bend, to curve, to lean

   Synonym: okertu

   Ez zaitez ertzean makurtu, arriskutsua da eta. ― Don't lean on the edge, it's dangerous.

3. to surrender, to bow (to yield to an influence)
4. (Northern) to anger

   Synonym: haserretu

• “makurtu”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
• “makurtu”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005