Description/Reason:
To show someone respect by lowering ones head by bending at the waist. To *bow*chu' could possibly be to do a "full prostration bow", which is when you kneel on the floor, put your hand on the floor in front of you and touch your head to the back of your hands. It would be nice to have both a verb for the action and a noun for the activity.
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A word for this action probably isn't a bad idea, with the caveat that this might not have the same cultural meaning that it does for societies on Earth.
Seconding entry's caution that your request assumes a meaning to the action. i would describe it like this:
quvchuqmoHmeH joD chaH.
They bow respectfully to one another.
not SoHvaD jIjoDqang!
I would never bow to you!
tIghchajvaD ghomchuqDI' 'IvtIHDaq porghchaj SIH 'ej nachchaj 'eSmoH.
In their tradition, on meeting one another they bend their bodies at the hips and lower their heads.
voDleH leghchoHDi' yavDaq torchoH 'ej lamDaq 'uymeH QuchDaj, SIH'eghchu'.
Catching sight of the emperor she knelt on the ground and bent herself fully so her forehead pressed against the dirt.