hunker
vi.
5orig. dial., prob. < or akin to Faroese hokna, to crouch < ON hokra, to creep < IE *keuk3 (< base *keu3, to bend) > Sans w@wjm, to cower6 to settle down on one‘s haunches; squat or crouch: often with down
n.
[pl.]
1 haunches
2 buttocks; rump