Ma'anar ƙamus na kalmar "condyle" shine tsinkaya mai zagaye akan kashi, sau da yawa yana aiki azaman maƙasudin magana tare da wani kashi. Ana samun magudanar ruwa a sassa daban-daban na jiki, kamar gwiwa, gwiwar hannu, da muƙamuƙi. Kalmar "condyle" ta samo asali ne daga kalmar Helenanci "kondylos," ma'ana "ƙuƙumma."
