unha
Meaning
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nail; fingernail; toenail
Frequency
Hyphenated as
u‧nha
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈũ.ɲɐ/
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese unna, unlla, from Vulgar Latin *ungla, from Latin ungula, from unguis, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃negʰ-. Compare Galician uña, unlla and Spanish uña. Doublet of úngula.
New
unhar
to scratch with a nail or claw
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