ulna

Meaning

1. (declension-1, feminine, poetic) elbow-bone, ulna
2. (declension-1, feminine, poetic) arm
3. (declension-1, feminine, poetic) a linear measure, cubit, ell

Concepts

ulna

elbow

elbow bone

lower arm

olecranon

span

forearm

fathom

Synonyms

cubitus

bracchium

cubitum

Translations

Ellbogen

coude

cotovelo

cubitus

codo

Ulna

Elle

αγκώνας

colze

ulna

gomito

Vorderarm

abmessen

Unterarm

um

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈʊɫ.na]

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *olenā, presumably from Proto-Indo-European *Heh₃l(e)n-, from the root *Heh₃l- (“to bend”), although this reconstruction remains uncertain. Related to Old Armenian ուլն (uln, “neck”), Gothic 𐌰𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌰 (aleina, “cubit”), Old Church Slavonic ланита (lanita, “cheek”), Ancient Greek ὠλένη (ōlénē, “elbow”), Sanskrit अणि (aṇi, “the point of a needle”), Albanian llërë (“upper arm”), Welsh elin (“forearm; elbow”).