belly

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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bhelǵh- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *bhólǵhis Proto-Germanic *balgiz Proto-West Germanic *balgi Old English bielġ Middle English bely English belly Inherited from Middle English bely, beli, bali, below, belew, balyw, from Old English bielġ (“bag, pouch, bulge”), from Proto-West Germanic *balgi, *balgu, from Proto-Germanic *balgiz, *balguz (“skin, hide, bellows, bag”), from Proto-Indo-European *bhelǵh- (“to swell, blow up”). Cognate with Dutch balg, German Balg, Danish bælg, Old Irish bolg, Welsh bol. Doublet of bellows, blague, bulge, and budge. See also bellows. For the belly — bellows relation, compare typologically Macedonian мев (mev, “abdomen, belly; bellows”). Also compare Ancient Greek φῦσα (phûsa, “bellows; bladder; ...”), Latin venter — vēsīca, Russian пу́зо (púzo) — пузы́рь (puzýrʹ), пузырёк (puzyrjók).

309 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: maag — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Aklanon: tiyan — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Albanian: bark — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Amal: məlkai — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Amharic: ሆድ (hod) — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Arabic: بَطْن (baṭn) — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Arabic: بطن (baṭn) — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Arabic: كرش (kirš) — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Arabic: بطن (baṭin) — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Arabic: كرشة (kirša) — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Arabic: كرش (kerš) — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Aragonese: pancha — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Armenian: փոր (pʻor) — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Armenian: որովայն (orovayn) — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Aromanian: pãntic — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Aromanian: pãnticã — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Aromanian: bicã — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Aromanian: foale — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Ashkun: banī — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Assamese: পেট (pet) — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Asturian: barriga — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Asturian: vientre — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Azerbaijani: göbək — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Azerbaijani: qarın — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Azerbaijani: qursaq — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Baluchi: لاپ (láp) — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Bangala: libumu — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Basque: sabel — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Belarusian: жыво́т (žyvót) — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Belarusian: бру́ха (brúxa) — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Bengali: পেট (peṭ) — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Bhojpuri: पेट (pēṭ) — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Boloki: libumu — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Breton: kof — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Bulgarian: коре́м (korém) — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Bulgarian: шкембе́ (škembé) — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Bulgarian: тумба́к (tumbák) — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Burmese: ဗိုက် (buik) — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Burmese: ဝမ်း (wam:) — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Carpathian Rusyn: бріх (brix) — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Catalan: buc — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Catalan: abdomen — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Catalan: panxa — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Catalan: ventre — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Cebuano: tiyan — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Chepang: 'योङ् — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Chichewa: mimba — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Chinese Cantonese: 腹 (fuk1) — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Chinese Cantonese: 腹部 (fuk1 bou6) — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Chinese Cantonese: 肚 (tou5) — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Chinese: дўзы (dwzɨ) — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Eastern Min Chinese: 腹老 (bók-lō̤) — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Hakka Chinese: 肚屎 (tú-sṳ́) — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Chinese: 腹 (zh-min-nan) — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Chinese: 腹肚 (zh-min-nan) — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Chinese Mandarin: 腹 (fù) — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Chinese Mandarin: 腹部 (fùbù) — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Chinese Mandarin: 肚子 (dùzi) — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Wu Chinese: 肚皮 (3du-bi) — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Czech: břicho — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Old Czech: břuch — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Dalmatian: viantro — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Danish: bug — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Danish: mave — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Dutch: buik — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Erzya: пеке (peke) — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Esperanto: ventro — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Estonian: kõht — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Estonian: vats — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Even: ур (ur) — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Evenki: ур (ur) — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Faroese: búkur — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Faroese: magi — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Finnish: maha — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Finnish: masu — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Finnish: vatsa — abdomen — see also abdomen
• French: ventre — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Old French: ventre — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Friulian: vintri — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Friulian: panze — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Friulian: gradoan — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Galician: bandullo — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Galician: panza — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Galician: boxo — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Galician: andorga — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Galician: barriga — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Galician: tripa — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Georgian: მუცელი (muceli) — abdomen — see also abdomen
• German: Bauch — abdomen — see also abdomen
• German: Magen — abdomen — see also abdomen
• German: Büdel — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Gothic: 𐌵𐌹𐌸𐌿𐍃 (qiþus) — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Greek: κοιλιά (koiliá) — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Ancient Greek: κοιλία (koilía) — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Haitian Creole: vant — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Hawaiian: ʻōpū — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Hebrew: בֶּטֶן (béten) — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Hindi: पेट (peṭ) — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Hindi: उदर (udar) — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Hindi: शिकम (śikam) — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Hungarian: has — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Icelandic: magi — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Icelandic: malli — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Indonesian: perut — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Ingrian: mako — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Ingrian: prulli — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Interlingua: pancia — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Interlingua: ventre — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Iranun: tian — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Irish: bolg — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Italian: pancia — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Italian: ventre — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Ivatan: vodek — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Japanese: 胃 (i) — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Japanese: お腹 (o-naka) — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Japanese: 腹 (hara) — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Japanese: 腹部 (fukubu) — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Javanese: weteng — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Old Javanese: wĕtĕng — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Jeju: 베 (be) — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Kaitag: кӏултӏа (ḳulṭa) — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Kapampangan: atian — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Kapampangan: atyan — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Kashubian: brzëch — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Kazakh: қарын (qaryn) — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Kazakh: құрсақ (qūrsaq) — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Kazakh: іш (ış) — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Khmer: ក្រពះ (krɑɑpĕəh) — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Khmer: ពុង (pung) — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Khmer: ពោះ (pŭəh) — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Khmer: ក្បាលពោះ (kbaal pŭəh) — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Kikuyu: nda — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Kituba: kivumu — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Kongo: vumu — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Korean: 배 (bae) — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Korean: 복부 (bokbu) — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Central Kurdish: زگ (zig) — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Central Kurdish: ورگ (wirg) — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Northern Kurdish: zik — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Kyrgyz: курсак (kursak) — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Ladino: tripa — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Lao: ທ້ອງ (thǭng) — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Lao: ໂພ່ນ (phōn) — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Latgalian: vādars — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Latin: abdomen — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Latin: venter — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Latin: pantex — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Latvian: vēders — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Lezgi: руфун (rufun) — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Ligurian: pansa — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Lingala: libumu — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Lithuanian: pilvas — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Lombard: venter — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Low German: Buuk — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Macedonian: мев (mev) — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Macedonian: стомак (stomak) — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Malay: perut — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Brunei Malay: parut — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Maltese: żaqq — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Manchu: ᡥᡝᡶᡝᠯᡳ (hefeli) — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Māori: puku — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Maranao: tiyan — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Marwari: पैदौ (paidau) — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Mauritian Creole: vant — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Moksha: пеке (peke) — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Mongolian: гэдэс (gedes) — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Classical Nahuatl: ihtetl — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Nanai: хэмдэ (hemde) — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Navajo: atéél — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Neapolitan: panza — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Norman: ventre — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Norman: vãtr — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Norwegian Bokmål: mage — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Occitan: ventre — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Odia: ପେଟ (peṭa) — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Odia: ଉଦର (udara) — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Northern Ohlone: hút̄u — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Ojibwe: nimisad — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Church Slavic: чрѣво (črěvo) — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Church Slavic: брюхо (brjuxo) — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Old English: wamb — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Oromo: garaa — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Pannonian Rusyn: брух (brux) — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Pashto: نس (nas) — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Pashto: خېټه (xéṭa) — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Pennsylvania German: Bauch — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Dari: شِکَم (šikam) — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Iranian Persian: شِکَم (šekam) — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Phoenician: 𐤁𐤈𐤍 — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Plautdietsch: Buck (nds) — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Polish: brzuch — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Portuguese: barriga — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Portuguese: pança — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Portuguese: ventre — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Quechua: wiksa — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Quechua: paca — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Quechua: pata — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Rapa Nui: manava — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Romanian: burtă — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Romanian: abdomen — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Romanian: pântece — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Romanian: vintre — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Romansh: venter — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Romansh: vainter — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Russian: живо́т (živót) — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Russian: брю́хо (brjúxo) — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Russian: пу́зо (púzo) — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Northern Sami: čoavji — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Sanskrit: उदर (udara) — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Sardinian: bentre — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Sardinian: bentri — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Sardinian: brente — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Sardinian: brenti — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Scottish Gaelic: balg — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Scottish Gaelic: brù — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Serbo-Croatian: тр̀бух — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Serbo-Croatian: tr̀buh — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Seychellois Creole: vant — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Sicilian: panza — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Slovak: brucho — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Slovene: trebuh — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Lower Sorbian: brjuch — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Upper Sorbian: brjuch — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Spanish: barriga — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Spanish: panza — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Spanish: vientre — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Spanish: guata — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Spanish: busa — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Spanish: busarda — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Spanish: buseca — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Spanish: mondongo — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Spanish: huata — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Spanish: wuata — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Sranan Tongo: bere — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Sudovian: vederas — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Sundanese: beuteung — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Sundanese: patuangan — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Swedish: buk — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Swedish: mage — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Tabasaran: фун (fun) — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Tagalog: tiyan — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Tagalog: puson — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Tajik: шикам (šikam) — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Tamil: தொப்பை (toppai) — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Tamil: தொந்தி (tonti) — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Tarifit: aɛeddis — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Tarifit: aɛebbuḍ — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Tausug: tian — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Telugu: పొట్ట (poṭṭa) — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Telugu: కడుపు (kaḍupu) — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Ternate: oru — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Tetum: kabun — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Thai: ท้อง (tɔ́ɔng) — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Thai: พุง (pung) — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Tibetan: ཕོ་བ (pho ba) — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Tigrinya: ከብዲ (käbdi) — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Tocharian B: kātso — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Tok Pisin: bel — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Tooro: enda — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Turkish: göbek — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Turkish: karın — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Ottoman Turkish: قارن (karn, karın) — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Ottoman Turkish: شكم (şikem) — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Ottoman Turkish: بطن (batın) — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Turkmen: garyn — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Ugaritic: 𐎋𐎗𐎒 (krs) — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Ukrainian: живі́т (žyvít) — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Ukrainian: бру́хо (brúxo) — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Umbundu: imo — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Urdu: پیٹ (peṭ) — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Urdu: شِکَم (śikam) — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Urdu: اُدَر (udar) — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Uyghur: قورساق (qorsaq) — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Uzbek: qorin — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Venetan: pansa — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Venetan: pança — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Vietnamese: bụng — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Volapük: bälid — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Walloon: vinte — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Winnebago: nįįxa — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Wolof: biir — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Yakut: ис (is) — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Yiddish: בויך (boykh) — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Yoruba: inú — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Yoruba: ikùn — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Yurok: 'ne-yah — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Zazaki: mesk — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Zealandic: buuk — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Zealandic: poke — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Zhuang: aendungx — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Zhuang: dungx — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Zulu: isisu — abdomen — see also abdomen
• Finnish: vatsa — womb — see also womb
• Ladino: tripa — womb — see also womb
• Polish: macica — womb — see also womb
• Turkish: karın — womb — see also womb
• Finnish: vatsa — lower fuselage of airplane
• Finnish: ruuma — lower fuselage of airplane
• Finnish: vatsa — the part of anything resembling a belly
• Finnish: pullistuma — the part of anything resembling a belly
• Finnish: koppa — the part of anything resembling a belly
• Finnish: pussi — the part of anything resembling a belly
• Finnish: ruuma — the part of anything resembling a belly
• Galician: boxo — the part of anything resembling a belly
• Galician: boxe — the part of anything resembling a belly
• Māori: kete — the part of anything resembling a belly
• Māori: pukehina — the part of anything resembling a belly
• Māori: nake — the part of anything resembling a belly
• Māori: ngake — the part of anything resembling a belly