nodosu adj (of string or something stringlike: full of, or tied up, in knots)
noyosu adj (of string or something stringlike: full of, or tied up, in knots)
nuedudu adj (of string or something stringlike: full of, or tied up, in knots)

Bulgarian

3 entries

заплетен adj (complicated or tricky — see also complex, difficult)
сложен adj (complicated or tricky — see also complex, difficult)
чепат adj (of string or something stringlike: full of, or tied up, in knots)

Catalan

1 entries

nuós adj (of string or something stringlike: full of, or tied up, in knots)

Dutch

1 entries

ingewikkeld adj (complicated or tricky — see also complex, difficult)

Finnish

2 entries

kuhmuinen adj (of string or something stringlike: full of, or tied up, in knots)
visainen adj (complicated or tricky — see also complex, difficult)

Georgian

4 entries

არეულ-დარეული adj (complicated or tricky — see also complex, difficult)
კვანძიანი adj (of string or something stringlike: full of, or tied up, in knots)
ნასკვიანი adj (of string or something stringlike: full of, or tied up, in knots)
ძნელი adj (complicated or tricky — see also complex, difficult)

Greek

4 entries

δυσεπίλυτος adj (complicated or tricky — see also complex, difficult)
δύσκολος adj (complicated or tricky — see also complex, difficult)
οζώδης adj (of string or something stringlike: full of, or tied up, in knots)
πολύπλοκος adj (complicated or tricky — see also complex, difficult)

Irish

1 entries

cranrach adj (of string or something stringlike: full of, or tied up, in knots)

Italian

1 entries

nodoso adj (of string or something stringlike: full of, or tied up, in knots)

Jamaican Creole

1 entries

natty adj (of string or something stringlike: full of, or tied up, in knots)

Latin

1 entries

nodosus adj (of string or something stringlike: full of, or tied up, in knots)

Latvian

1 entries

mezglains adj (of string or something stringlike: full of, or tied up, in knots)

Māori

4 entries

manganga adj (complicated or tricky — see also complex, difficult)
rīraparapa adj (complicated or tricky — see also complex, difficult)
taurekereke adj (of string or something stringlike: full of, or tied up, in knots)
whīwhiwhi adj (complicated or tricky — see also complex, difficult)

Norman

1 entries

noueux adj (of string or something stringlike: full of, or tied up, in knots)

Plautdietsch

1 entries

knoppijch adj (of string or something stringlike: full of, or tied up, in knots)

Polish

1 entries

sękaty adj (of string or something stringlike: full of, or tied up, in knots)

Romanian

1 entries

nodos adj (of string or something stringlike: full of, or tied up, in knots)

Russian

2 entries

запу́танный adj (complicated or tricky — see also complex, difficult)
сучкова́тый adj (of string or something stringlike: full of, or tied up, in knots)

Spanish

1 entries

nudoso adj (of string or something stringlike: full of, or tied up, in knots)

Swedish

1 entries

knepig adj (complicated or tricky — see also complex, difficult)

Sample sentences

18 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

A plant which is larger and hardier than a herb is called a shrub, such as: in banks and ponds, the rush, the bullrush, cask without knots, bearing cat's-tails, and the reed, which is knotty and hollow inside.

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The tree had a knotty trunk.

Source: tatoeba (8169811)

It's a knotty issue.

Source: tatoeba (10741289)

It's a knotty problem.

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