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Corsican
Noun
ugna f
- (anatomy) nail
- Synonym: unghja
Further reading
- “ugna” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa
Italian
Etymology 1
From Vulgar Latin *ungla < Latin ungula (< unguis), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃nogʰ-.
Pronunciation
Noun
ugna f (plural ugne)
- (obsolete) Alternative form of unghia
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
ugna
- inflection of ugnare:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Anagrams
Sicilian
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *ungla, from Latin ungula (“nail”) or maybe from Spanish uña (“nail”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈuɲɲa/
- Hyphenation: u‧gna
Noun
ugna f (plural ugni or ugna)
- (anatomy) nail
- Synonym: ugnu
- few