unha
Portuguese
/ˈu.ɲɐ/
noun
Definitions
- nail; fingernail; toenail
Etymology
Inherited from Old Portuguese unlla, unna inherited from Latin *ungla, ungula (claw, hoof, nail, a hoof, talon) derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₃negʰ- (nail).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*h₃negʰ-
Gloss
nail
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
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Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- ungula English
- *ungla Latin
- unguis Latin
- ungula Latin
- ungulatus Latin
- unguligradus Latin
- ungulātus Latin
- ugna Italian
- unghia Italian
- ongle French
- pintaúñas Spanish, Castilian
- uña Spanish, Castilian
- uñeta Spanish, Castilian
- uñoso Spanish, Castilian
- ὄνυξ Ancient Greek
- *gʰredʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂enǵʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₃negʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₃nogʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- unhar Portuguese
- *naglaz Proto-Germanic
- नख Sanskrit
- ungla Catalan, Valencian
- unlla Galician
- uña Galician
- unghie Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- unlla Old Portuguese
- unlla, unna Old Portuguese
- unglji Aromanian
- ongla Occitan
- ungla Occitan
- *ungus Proto-Italic
- ungla Romansh
- ùngla Romansh
- uña Asturian
- ongule Friulian
- ugna Sicilian
- huña Papiamentu
- uña Papiamentu
- óngia Ligurian
- jongla Dalmatian
- unha Kabuverdianu
- ongue Walloon
- ogna Neapolitan
- unha Guinea-Bissau Creole
- ongla Franco-Provençal
- unghie Tarantino