~ KN~  WORDS starting with KN denote
^u     id+ | HARD  LUMP  HUMP  thus also
             NOTICEABLE |
     note Germanic and Slavic words
     ukr KNAZ =  KNIGHT PRINCE
         KNOPKA  KNOT BUTTON or POINT
         KNUT    KNOT or WHIP
         KNYHA   KNIT BOUND BOOK
     and KLAX    KNEE   KNIFE
         KNOT    KNOCK  KNICK
~ KNACK  id+ | implies TO STRIKE or BLOW |
~ KNAG   id+ | implies KNOT or PEG |
~ KNAIPA  in ukr for PUB
          sp NAIPE = PLAYING CARDS
~ KNAVE   id+ | PRONE TO BE FRAUDULENT |
          implies VILLAIN  FRAUD
     sp  CANALLA  = DESPICABLE
     fr  CANAILLE   same
     eng KNAVE      SERVANT or YOUTH
         SCAMP      see below in CAMP
     and other implications relating to
        sug> RASCAL     sug> RAKE
        sug> SCOUNDREL  sug> SCRATCH
~ KNAW  or GNAW
~ KNEE  id+ | BEND and BULGE as in suffix CNE
              as in PROMINENT JOINT or MUSLCE |
     id+ | also links to ideas in
           PROMINENT HUMP HAM THIGH or BUTTOCK |
     lit+ "WHERE BE YOUR GIBES NOW?       see> GIBUS
           YOUR GAMBOLS?"  from Hamlet    see> GAMBA
     contemplating the skull of           see> GAMBIT
     the Court Jester by SHAKESPEARE [#]  see> GAME
     note see> ANKYLO a synonym for BENT  STIFF
     note etymology
       starting with ideas in KNEE  BEND
        ANKYLO
     ukr   KOLINO      = KNEE
     sp    COLINA        HILL            sug> RECLINE
     gr    KHENEU        BEND or BULGE of the
                         KNEE or ANKLE or also
           KMENE         SHIN of the LEG
     med>  CNEMIUS       suffix for BULGE or
                         BELLY LIKE PROMINENCE as in
                         GASTROCNEMIUS for a
                         MUSCLE WITH A BULGE
     note                continue with ideas in
                         BENT  TWIST
     eng   HUMP          SWELL           sug> PEAK
     ukr   HORB          HUMP            sug> BLOAT
     sp    JOROBA        HUMP            sug> MOUND
     ukr   KHOROBA       DISEASE         sug> MALADY
     gr    KHURTOS       TWIST  BEND or
     eng   KINK          BEND
     note                continue with ideas in
                         BENT as in
                         INLINE DECLINE RECLINE
     gr    KLINEIN       TO SLOPE
           KLIMEIN       COUCH  BED  sug> CLIMB
     med>  CLINOID       BED SHAPED
           KLINIKA       CLINIC from
     gr    KLINIKOS      A BED
     med>  CLINIC        PERTAINING TO BED
     lat   CLINICUS      BEDRIDDEN PERSON
     med>  CLINICAL      BEDSIDE SCIENTIFIC DETACHED
                         ACTIVITY TO HELP DECLINING HEALTH
     gr    KLIMAX        LADDER
     med>  CLIMAX        RISING SENSATIONS
     note                more about
                         BENT or ARCHED
     sp    CAMARA        CHAMBER or
     eng   CAMERA        ACLOVE often under a
                         BENT or ARCHED CEILING
           CAMARADERIE   LODGE as per BROTHERHOOD
           COMRADE       SUPPORTER or
     sp    CAMARADA      FRIEND
     eng   CABARET       SMALL NIGHT CLUB
     sp    CABAN~A       RURAL CABIN or ABODE
     note more about       BENDING or CURVING
     gr      KAMPSAI       TO BEND  CURVED
             KHAMPE        WINDING eg RIVER a
     biol>   KHAMPE        CATERPILLAR MOVES BENDING
     gr      KAMPSIS       BENT
     biol>   CAMPODEA      INSECTS THAT BEND AS THEY MOVE
     sc>  ANAKAMPSIS       BENT LIGHT by being
                           REFRACTED or REFLECTED
     biol>  CAMPTOSORUS    BENDING FERNS
     med>   CAMPTODACTYLY  BENT DIGITS
     gr     CAMPONOTUS     BENDING BACK also
     biol>  CAMPONOTUS     GENDER OF ANTS
     eng    CAMP           FIELD and to BIVOUAC as per
          ENCAMP           or
          DECAMP           LEAVE CAMP
            CAMPAMENTO     ENCAMPMENT
     eng    CAMPUS         FIELD or OPEN SPACE
            CAMPAIGN       EXPEDITION  DRIVE
     sp     CAMPAN~A       same and OPEN COUNTRY
            CAMPO          LARGE TREELESS FIELD
            SCAMP           RASCAL
     note  more about      BENT or BENDING
     gr      KAMPE         JOIN and
             KMENE         HAM and SHIN
     sp      GAMBERRA      PROSTITUTE
             GAMBETA       PRANCE
     eng     GAMBIT        RISKY ACTION thus a
             GAMBLE        GAME OF CHANCE
     old eng GAMEN         evolved into
     eng     GAME          sug> BLACKGAMMON
     it      GAMBADO       BOOT TO PROTECT THE THIGH
     music>  GAMBA         in VIOLA da GAMBA for
                           VIOLA HELD BETWEEN GAMBAS
                           or THIGHS
     sp      GAMBA         THIGH  LEG
     eng     GAMBIT        TRICK MANEUVER
     fr      JAMBE         HORSE'S HOCK
             JAMBON        or
     sp      JAMAR         TO EAT
             JAMON         HAUNCH OF A HOG or HAM
     fr      JAMBE         LEG
             JAMBON        for
     eng     HAM           made from
                           BUTTOCK and THIGH
     ukr     SHINKA        HAM and note
     eng     SHIN          which returns us to
     gr      KMENE         for HAM and SHIN
         cont> see> HIP  see> HAM  see> HAMSTRING
~ KNEAD  id+ | PRESS WITH KNEES or otherwise |
         hx> FORMERLY WASHING WAS DONE BY PRESSING
             BOARDS or STONES often with the KNEES
~ KNELL  SOUND OF TOLLING BELL DENOTING DEATH or
         A FUNERAL
~ KNIFE  TOOL FOR CUTTING
~ KNIGHT id+ | ARMED WITH POWER or HONOR
         formerly it implied
     sug> GENTELMAN           see> CABALLERO
     sug> CHIVALRY
     sug> CHIVALROUS
     sug> CAVALIER
              sug> CABALLERO as defined by
~ KNIGHTNOOD  id+ | BESTOWED BY KINGS |
              hx> A FEUDAL MEDIEVAL WESTERN
                  EUROPEAN RELIC
     WHEN THE ROMAN CHURCH ENDORSED
     CRUSADES AS A FORM OF HOLY WARS
     note CHIVALRY or its equivalent in English
          CAVALIER may imply
     sug> RASCAL
     sug> ROGUE
     see> AIDOS
     see> ETHIC
     see> MORAL
     see> SIR
     see> KNIGHT
     see> NOBILITY
     sug> TRUTH
     sug> FINE
     sug> VIRTUE
     sug> ESTEEM
     sug> REGARD
     sug> VIRTUE
     hx>  KNIGHTS or
          in fr CHELARIERS from CHEVAL for HORSE or
          in sp CABALLEROS from CABALLO also HORSE
     thus RICH ENOUGH TO HAVE A MOUNT and be EQUESTRIAN
     note KNIGHTS WERE SKILLED IN THE USE OF WEAPONS
          THEY BECAME BECAME THE DEFENDERS OF
     THE CHURCH AND ESTABLISHED NOBILITY
     in contrast FOOT SOLDIERS or PEONS or
     PEDESTRIAN COMBATANTS WHO WERE DRAWN FROM
     THE PEASANT CLASS or sp PEON   = WORKER  PEDESTRIAN
         PEATON for WALKER
~ KNIT     id+ | KNOTTED MATERIAL | or
~ KNITTED  id+ | BOOKS are KNITTED |
         ukr  NYTKA = THREAD
             KNYHA    BOOK
         sp   NUDO    KNOT
~ KNOB   or NOB or HANDLE or
         SWELLING  PROTUBERANCE
~ KNOCK  id+ | STRIKE  HIT  BEAT |
             ply> | KNOWLEDGE KNOCKS IGNORANCE |
~ KNOCKOUT  id+ | OUT OF ACTION | from
            old ger KAYO   or
                sp  CAYO = FALLEN
         hx> IN BOXING KO or K.O.
~ KNOP   id+ | BUD |
~ KNOPKA id+| BUTTON in ukr and pol |
         ger KNABE for CHILD
~ KNOT   id+ | JOIN
               TIE   sug> CRAVAT
               PROMINENCE
               PROTRUSION
               BULGE |
         in ukr KNUT = KNOT
         see> ukr KNUT for
~ KNOUT  WHIP
         ukr KNUT = KNOT or WHIP
~ KNOW   id+ | REALIZE from an impact on
^u             SENSE or REASON |
     id+ | cont> see> SAPIENT |
     opp is see> AGNOSTIC also given below
     for UNKNOWING
     id+ | AGNOSTICS are not COGNIZANT |
     note scope of ideas in KNOW as if
     id+ | BOOKS KNOT IDEAS INTO KNOWLEDGE |
     note some members of the complex related to
     eng        KNOW        RECOGNIZE or
                            COGNIZANT or its opp
                             IGNOTO or
                             IGNORANT
     eng        KNUCKLE     PROMINENCE
     ukr        KNUT        KNOT
     ukr        KNYHA       BOOK
     ukr        ZNAI        KNOW
                ZNANIA      KNOWLEDGE
                ZNAIOMYJ    ACQUAINTANCE
     skt        JNA         KNOW
     old Norse  KNA         CUNNING
     old Irish  GNATH       KNOWN
     med>       GNATHIA     prefix for CHIN or
                            MENTON pointing to
                            MENTE or MIND as in
     ply> | MIND a prominent MENTON or GNATH |
     gr root    GNO         KNOW
     gr         GNOSECERE   KNOWN
     lat        COGITO      CONSIDER
                            PONDER
                            REFLECT
                            THINK
                COGNATIO    LINK TO BIRTH as in
                            NATAL
                            NATION
                            NOTION
                COGNOSCO    ACQUAINTED
                            COGNIZANT
                   NOSCERE  NOSOLOGY
                            COGNITION or LEARNING
                            COGNOMEN or SURNAME
                COGNITOR    ADVOCATE
     middle eng COUDE       or
                COUTHE      or
                CUTHE       or
                CONNEN      or
     sp         CONOCER     TO KNOW
                CON SER     WITH and TO BE
     old eng    CUNNAN      CAN
     ger        KENNEN      KEEN
     skt        HANATI      KNOWN
     note       KNOW        AWARE or
                            INFORMED
     sug> DOCTOR  sug> INDOCTRINATED
     id+ | I BELIEVE thus I KNOWN | as in
     see> RELIGION
     see> DOGMA or see> DOCTRINE
     hx> AGNOSTIC or DOUBT IN KNOWLEDGE became
         IGNORANT OF GOD  see> FAITH
     ply> | note KNOW KNOSSOS CONOCER |
     lit+  " I KEEP SIX HONEST SERVING MEN
             THEY TAUGHT ME ALL I KNOW
     THEIR NAMES ARE
     WHAT
     WHY
     WHEN
     HOW
     WHERE and
     WHO " from
     " The Just-so Stories " by R KIPLING [#]
             1865-1936
~ KNOWLEDGE  id+ | BODY OF FACTS AND LEARNING |
             id+ | KNOWLEDGE HAS LIMITS |
     id+ | beyond KNOWLEDGE or SCIENCE
           STARTS FAITH |
     sc> KNOWLEDGE HAS LIMITS as in
     biol> med> KNOWLEDGE OF THE WHOLE GENOME
                OF AN ORGANISM IS
     UNLIKELY TO REVEAL
     THE BASIS FOR INDIVIDUALITY
     sc> SOME SCIENTISTS ARE STARTING TO DEFINE
         THE LIMITS OF KNOWLEDGE
     eg THE LIMITS OF THE IDEA THAT
        THE SPEED OF LIGHT IS A LIMIT
     SUCH WOULD ALTER IDEAS REGARDING
     TIME AND SPACE
     biol> IN ECONOMICS THE FUTURE OF
           MARKETS IS NOT KNOWLEDGEABLE
     BECAUSE THEY DEPEND ON THE
     PSYCHOLOGY OF INDIVIDUAL INVESTORS
     sc> Kurt GOODEL pointed out the
         LIMITS OF KNOWLEDGE
     see> GOODELIAN
     note KNOW + LEDGE as in LAYOUT
     implies  A CONSTRUCT  CONSTRUCTION
                COMPOSITE  COMPOST
     FRAME  FOUNDATION  UNDERSTANDING
     implies
     REAL REALITY leading to
     TRUTH and SCIENCE and both to
     PHILOSOPHY
     all of the above are within NATURE
     lit+ note in
          Meditationes Sacrae  by F BACON [#]
     maxim> | KNOWLEDGE IS SORROW |
            | KNOWLEDGE IS POWER  |
     note and explore
     sug> CUNNING
     sug> COGNITION  RECOGNIZE
     sug> ACQUAINT   QUAINT
     sug> RECONNAISSANCE
     sug> IGNORANT
     lit+ N G BYRON [#] wrote
          " SORROW IS KNOWLEDGE
     THEY WHO KNOW THE MOST
     MUST MOURN THE DEEPEST O'HER FATAL TRUTH
     THE TREE OF KNOWLEDGE IS NOT THAT OF LIFE ..."
     lit+ " ALL KNOWLEDGE IS WITHIN NATURE AND
            NATURAL BOUNDS
     even METAPHYSICS
     maxim> THE TASK OF SCIENCE IS
            TO ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT NATURE
     maxim> ALL KNOWLEDGE ARISES FROM PERCEPTIONS
            attr to Leonardo da VINCI [#]
     sc> PROVEN TRUTH IS SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE
     lit+  " KNOWLEDGE RESULTS FROM
             CONTINUOUS CONSTRUCTION ...    sug> PROCESS
     EACH ACT OF UNDERSTANDING              sug> INSIGHT
     ENVOLVES SOME DEGREE OF INVENTION ...  sug> NOVEL
     A PASSAGE OF ONE STAGE TO A NEXT       sug> NOVICE
     MAY BE CHARACTERIZED AS                sug> TERM
     THE FORMATION OF NEW STRUCTURES ...    sug> WORD
     EITHER EXTERNAL OR MENTAL ... "        sug> IDEA
     modified from                          sug> SENSE
     J PIAGET [#] in "Genetic Epistemiology"
           see> EDUCATION   sug> GENESIS
           sug> GNOSOS      sug> IGNOTO
           sug> ACQUAINT    sug> QUAINT
           sug> SCIENT      sug> SCIENCE
~ KNUCKLE  gr KONDYLOS      sug> CONDYL
           id+ | TO STRIKE or
                 PRESS WITH KNUCKLES |  sug> KNOW
     id+ | ARTICULAR BONE PROTRUSION |  sug> PHALANGE
     lit+ THOSE BONY PARTS OF THE HAND
          THAT STRIKE WHEN HITTING or
          KNOCKING SOMEONE WITH THE FIST
     med> BONY PROTRUSION OF THE ARTICULATION OF THE
          METACARPALS WITH PHALANGES also
          BETWEEN THE PHALANGES and other bones
          see> FEMUR
~ KNURL   or GNARL         sug> KNOT
          denotes A PHONETIC IDEA or
          THREATENING SOUND OF WILD ANIMALS
~ KNUT    ukr for see> KNOT
~ KNYHA   BOOK or SHEETS TIED BY KNOTS
  see> med> KONDYLOS
  see> KNYSHKA

  ~! altseq
     KNOSSOS after KNURL

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