ʿāqaš עָקַשׁ ‘to twist’ (Hebrew)

Etymology^?: a primitive root

ʿāqaš v
1) to be perverse, twist, pervert, make crooked, prove perverse, declare perverse
 1a) (Niphal) to be crooked
 1b) (Piel) to twist, distort, pervert, make crooked
 1c) (Hiphil) to declare crooked
 1d) (Qal) perverse