ugna

== Corsican == === Etymology === Ultimately from Latin ungula (< unguis), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃nogʰ-. Cognate with Italian unghia, Sicilian ugna. === 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 ==== Rhymes: -uɲɲa IPA(key): /ˈuɲ.ɲa/ Rhymes: -uɲɲa Hyphenation: ù‧gna ==== Noun ==== ugna f (plural ugne) (archaic, regional) 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 === unga == Sicilian == === Alternative forms === ugnu (masculine variant) === Etymology === If not influenced by another romance adstratum, from the intermediate metathesis *u-nj-a > *u-n-(g)j-a, from Vulgar Latin *ungla, syncopated form of Latin ungula (f.s.), ultimately from unguis (m.s.). Doublet of ugnu. Cognate with Sardinian unga, Corsican ugna, Italian unghia, Neapolitan ogna, Ligurian óngia, Piedmontese ongie, Aragonese ungla, Asturian uña, Galician unlla, Portuguese unha, Spanish uña. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈuɲ.ɲa/, [ˈu.ɲːa] Rhymes: -uɲɲa Hyphenation: ù‧gna === Noun === ugna f (plural ugni or ugna) fingernail Mi si ruppi n'ugna. ― My fingernail broke plural of ugnu ==== Usage notes ==== This feminine noun has a more archaic doublet in the masculine form that has a regular plural ending in ⟨-a⟩. Although the plural of this feminine noun regularly declines to ⟨-i⟩, it is also typical to hear the feminine singular ending in ⟨-a⟩ and the masculine plural ending in -a used, depending on the speaker. ==== Coordinate terms ==== (body parts) ==== Derived terms ==== === References === Antonio Traina (1868), Nuovo vocabolario siciliano-italiano (in Italian), page 1061