nail (body part) claw 57 realizations Multi-area
NEW Realization 1 (ID: 26994)
type Polysemy
language Abaza
lexeme щапIхыса
meaning 1 nail (body part, on foots)
direction
meaning 2 claw
reference Tugov 1967: 451
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 2 (ID: 2593)
type Polysemy
language Adyghe
lexeme ƛebžan
meaning 1 nail (on toes)
direction
meaning 2 (animals, birds)
reference
comment АдРС 191
NEW Realization 3 (ID: 25687)
type Polysemy
language Amharic
lexeme ṭəfər
meaning 1 nail (body part)
direction
meaning 2 claw, hoof
reference AED: 2195
comment


ACCEPTED Realization 4 (ID: 5323)
type Polysemy
language Ancient Greek
lexeme ὄνυξ
meaning 1 nail
direction
meaning 2 claw
reference
comment LSJ 1234
NEW Realization 5 (ID: 20383)
type Polysemy
language Balinese
lexeme kuku
meaning 1 (low register) nail (finger, toe)
direction
meaning 2 claw
reference SEALang Balinese
comment
NEW Realization 6 (ID: 19978)
type Polysemy
language Batsbi
lexeme 1 mʕayrĭ
lexeme 2 mʕayrĭ
meaning 1 nail (body part)
direction
meaning 2 claw
reference Kadagidze & Kadagidze 1984: 461
comment Also mꞷajrî (Bertlani (ed.) 2013, 176)
NEW Realization 7 (ID: 20385)
type Polysemy
language Burmese
lexeme leʔ θé (လက်သည်း)
meaning 1 finger nails
direction
meaning 2 claw; talon
reference SEAlang Burmrse
comment
NEW Realization 8 (ID: 44453)
type Polysemy
language Carolinian
lexeme kkii-
meaning 1 nail (body part)
direction
meaning 2 claw
reference Ross, Pawley, Osmond: 5, 177
comment
NEW Realization 9 (ID: 23469)
type Polysemy
language Chukchee
lexeme вагылгын
meaning 1 nail (body part)
direction
meaning 2 claw
reference Moll, Inènlikèj 1957: 18
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 10 (ID: 2077)
type Polysemy
language Classical Arabic
lexeme ظُفْر ḏ̣ufr-
meaning 1 nail

taqlīm-u l-ˀaḏ̣āfir-i


manicure (lit. nails cut)

direction
meaning 2 talon, claw

ḏ̣ufr-u n-nasr-i


(bot.) Ornīthopus comprēssus (lit. the talon of the vulture)

reference Lane: 1912
comment
NEW Realization 11 (ID: 41880)
type Polysemy
language Gamilaraay
lexeme yulu
meaning 1 nail (body part)
direction
meaning 2 claw
reference Ash et al. 2003: 156
comment
NEW Realization 12 (ID: 25685)
type Polysemy
language Geez
lexeme ṣəfr
meaning 1 fingernail
direction
meaning 2 claw
reference CDG: 549
comment


NEW Realization 13 (ID: 37823)
type Polysemy
language Gosiute
lexeme ma=siton
meaning 1 fingernail
direction
meaning 2 claw
reference Miller 1996: 718 GLD
comment
NEW Realization 14 (ID: 37849)
type Polysemy
language Hadza
lexeme baɬu-ko
meaning 1 fingernail, toenail
direction
meaning 2 claw
reference Sands Ms. GLD
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 15 (ID: 1475)
type Polysemy
language Hausa
lexeme akaifa
meaning 1 nail
direction
meaning 2 claw
reference
comment also 'pincer'. Хауса 18
NEW Realization 16 (ID: 20386)
type Polysemy
language Hiligaynon
lexeme gapás
meaning 1 nail (body part)
direction
meaning 2 claw
reference SEAlang Hiligaynon
comment
NEW Realization 17 (ID: 20387)
type Polysemy
language Hiligaynon
lexeme kalalót
meaning 1 nail (body part)
direction
meaning 2 claw
reference SEAlang Hiligaynon
comment 'Nail, claw or anything else used for scratching, scraping, digging out earth, etc'
NEW Realization 18 (ID: 20389)
type Polysemy
language Hiligaynon
lexeme kokó
meaning 1 nail (body part)
direction
meaning 2 claw
reference SEAlang Hiligaynon
comment
NEW Realization 19 (ID: 20390)
type Polysemy
language Hiligaynon
lexeme kokó
meaning 1 nail (body part)
direction
meaning 2 claw
reference SEAlang Hiligaynon
comment
NEW Realization 20 (ID: 20392)
type Polysemy
language Ilocano
lexeme kuku
meaning 1 nail (body part)
direction
meaning 2 claw
reference SEAlang Ilocano
comment
NEW Realization 21 (ID: 20393)
type Polysemy
language Indonesian
lexeme kuku
meaning 1 nail (of finger or toe)
direction
meaning 2 claw
reference SEALang Indonesia
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 22 (ID: 869)
type Polysemy
language Itelmen
lexeme кʼуфкʼуф
meaning 1 claw
direction
meaning 2 nail
reference Volodin, Xalojmova 1989: 40 PIRS: 124
comment
NEW Realization 23 (ID: 20395)
type Polysemy
language Javanese
lexeme kanaka
meaning 1 nail (body part)
direction
meaning 2 claw
reference SEAlang Javanese
comment Register: krama inggil
NEW Realization 24 (ID: 20396)
type Polysemy
language Javanese
lexeme kuku
meaning 1 fingernail, toenail
direction
meaning 2 claw
reference SEAlang Javanese
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 25 (ID: 9597)
type Polysemy
language Ket
lexeme
meaning 1 nail
direction
meaning 2 claw
reference
comment Старостин 1995, 195
NEW Realization 26 (ID: 20397)
type Polysemy
language Khmer
lexeme krɑcɑɑk
meaning 1 (finger or toe) nail
direction
meaning 2 claw; talon
reference SEAlang Khmer
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 27 (ID: 8508)
type Polysemy
language Koryak
lexeme вагылӈын
meaning 1 nail
direction
meaning 2 claw
reference Moll 1960: 14
comment
NEW Realization 28 (ID: 20398)
type Polysemy
language Lao
lexeme nā kʰá
meaning 1 fingernail
direction
meaning 2 claw; talon
reference SEAlang Lao
comment From Pali
NEW Realization 29 (ID: 20399)
type Polysemy
language Lao
lexeme lēp
meaning 1 nail (body part)
direction
meaning 2 claw
reference SEAlang Lao
comment
NEW Realization 30 (ID: 44452)
type Polysemy
language Longgu
lexeme ʔuʔu-
meaning 1 nail (body part)
direction
meaning 2 claw
reference Ross, Pawley, Osmond: 5, 177
comment
NEW Realization 31 (ID: 20401)
type Polysemy
language Malay
lexeme kuku
meaning 1 nail (body part)
direction
meaning 2 claw
reference SEALang Malay
comment
NEW Realization 32 (ID: 28002)
type Polysemy
language Maori
lexeme matikuku
meaning 1 nail (body part)

Pare: Kua oti anō i ngā kōtiro rā te whakapaipai tō rāua rūma? Rangi: Nōhea hoki! E warea kētia ana ki te whakapaipai i ō rāua matikuku


Pare: Have those girls finished tidying their room yet? Rangi: No way! They're too busy beautifying their nails.

direction
meaning 2 claw

Tāna kai ko ngā kurī pakupaku o te koraha; he mea hopu ki ōna matikuku ka kāhakina ki tōna kōhanga ki runga pari ki reira āta kai ai


 Its food is small animals of the open areas, which are caught with its claws and carried off to its nest on cliff tops where it slowly eats them.

reference MD
comment
NEW Realization 33 (ID: 44457)
type Polysemy
language Mapos Buang (Central Buang)
lexeme qapɛ̄q
meaning 1 nail (body part) + qapɛ̄q
direction
meaning 2 claw
reference Ross, Pawley, Osmond: 5, 177
comment
NEW Realization 34 (ID: 20403)
type Polysemy
language Maranao
lexeme kanoko
meaning 1 fingernail; toenail
direction
meaning 2 claw
reference SEAlang Maranao
comment
NEW Realization 35 (ID: 20405)
type Polysemy
language Modern Mon
lexeme hənem
meaning 1 nail (body part)
direction
meaning 2 claw
reference SEAlang Mon
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 36 (ID: 5322)
type Polysemy
language Moksha
lexeme кенже
meaning 1 nail керомс кенчт
to cut nails
direction
meaning 2 claw офтонь кенчт
bear claws
reference
comment МокшРС 248, the same in Erzya Эрз 253
NEW Realization 37 (ID: 44458)
type Polysemy
language Motu
lexeme kahau-
meaning 1 nail (body part)
direction
meaning 2 claw
reference Ross, Pawley, Osmond: 5, 177
comment
NEW Realization 38 (ID: 44450)
type Polysemy
language Nakanai
lexeme kuku-
meaning 1 nail (body part)
direction
meaning 2 claw
reference Ross, Pawley, Osmond: 5, 176
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 39 (ID: 3764)
type Cognates
language 1 Old East Slavic
language 2 Russian
lexeme 1 ногъть
lexeme 2 ногть (nogot')
meaning 1 nail, claw
direction
meaning 2 nail
reference
comment (Sreznevskij 462-463)
NEW Realization 40 (ID: 48993)
type Polysemy
language Rengao
lexeme kanĭh, kaʹnĭh
meaning 1 toenails
direction
meaning 2 claws
reference Gregerson & Gregerson 2026: 200-201
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 41 (ID: 374)
type Polysemy
language Romani
lexeme naj
meaning 1 nail, toe nail
direction
meaning 2 claw
reference
comment East Slovak Romani
ACCEPTED Realization 42 (ID: 68)
type Polysemy
language Russian
lexeme коготь (kogot')
meaning 1 (figurative or dialect) nail (human) Обрежь свои когти-то. Эка, парень, когти-те отростил. Кохоть чой-то болит.
Cut off your claws! Look, boy, you let your claws glow like that! My claw is hurting.
direction
meaning 2 claw
reference
comment СРНГ 15: 44
NEW Realization 43 (ID: 18803)
type Polysemy
language Selkup
lexeme кад ~ ӄад
meaning 1 nail (body part)
direction
meaning 2 claw
reference Consolidated Selkup
comment
NEW Realization 44 (ID: 20380)
type Derivation
language Shan
lexeme 1 nep5
lexeme 2 nep5 tin1
meaning 1 fingernail or toenail
direction
meaning 2 toenail; claw
reference SEAlang Shan
comment tin1 'foot; bottom'
ACCEPTED Realization 45 (ID: 3472)
type Polysemy
language Spanish
lexeme uña
meaning 1 nail
direction
meaning 2 claw
reference
comment Lat. unguis 'nail, claw' Narumov 1995, 773; cf. Also French ongle 'nail; claw'.
NEW Realization 46 (ID: 41005)
type Polysemy
language Sumerian
lexeme umbin
meaning 1 nail (body part)
direction
meaning 2 claw
reference ePSD2
comment
NEW Realization 47 (ID: 20381)
type Polysemy
language Thai
lexeme lép (เล็บ)
meaning 1 nail (of the finger or toe)
direction
meaning 2 claw
reference SEAlang Thai
comment
NEW Realization 48 (ID: 25686)
type Polysemy
language Tigrinya
lexeme ṣəfri
meaning 1 nail (body part)
direction
meaning 2 claw
reference TED: 2627
comment

Also 'talon, hoof'.

NEW Realization 49 (ID: 23284)
type Polysemy
language Turkish
lexeme hilb
meaning 1 nail (body part)




direction
meaning 2 claw




reference Baskakov 1977: 408
comment
NEW Realization 50 (ID: 42756)
type Syncretism
language Turkish
lexeme tırnak
meaning 1 nail (body part)




direction
meaning 2 claw




reference Baskakov 1977: 861
comment


NEW Realization 51 (ID: 20382)
type Polysemy
language Vietnamese
lexeme móng
meaning 1 nail (body part)
direction
meaning 2 claw; talon
reference SEAlang Vietnamese
comment
NEW Realization 52 (ID: 20379)
type Polysemy
language Waray
lexeme kuló
meaning 1 nails of the hands and feet
direction
meaning 2 claw of an animal
reference SEAlang Waray
comment
NEW Realization 53 (ID: 44455)
type Polysemy
language Wayan (Western Fijian)
lexeme -kuku
meaning 1 nail (body part)
direction
meaning 2 claw
reference Ross, Pawley, Osmond: 5, 177
comment
NEW Realization 54 (ID: 44454)
type Polysemy
language Woleaian
lexeme kku-
meaning 1 nail (body part)
direction
meaning 2 claw
reference Ross, Pawley, Osmond: 5, 177
comment
NEW Realization 55 (ID: 37945)
type Polysemy
language Yakut
lexeme тыҥырах
meaning 1 nail (body part)
direction
meaning 2 claw
reference Slepcov 1972
comment
NEW Realization 56 (ID: 41881)
type Polysemy
language Yuwaalaraay
lexeme yulu
meaning 1 nail (body part)
direction
meaning 2 claw
reference Ash et al. 2003: 156
comment
NEW Realization 57 (ID: 41882)
type Polysemy
language Yuwaalayaay
lexeme yulu
meaning 1 nail (body part)
direction
meaning 2 claw
reference Ash et al. 2003: 156
comment