gömülmek

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish كومملك. Passive form of gömmek.

Verb

gömülmek (third-person singular simple present gömülür)

  1. to be buried
    • 1936 August 18, “Onkon'da heyelan”, in Ulusal Birlik‎, page 4:
      Diri diri yerlere gömülen insanlar. […] Heyelân mıntakasında diri diri insanlar yerlere gömülmüş ve kaybolmuştur. Böyle bir felâket, daha görülmemiştir.
      People buried alive. [...] In the district where the landslide occurred, people were buried alive and got lost. A catastrophe like this had never been seen before.
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