claw

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Borrowed from Navajo Claw, variant of Clah.

From Middle English clawe, from Old English clawu, from Proto-Germanic *klawō. Compare West Frisian klau, Dutch klauw, German Klaue, Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish klo.

From Middle English clawen, from a combination of Old English clawan/clāwan (a remodelling of *clīeġan, from Proto-West Germanic *klauwjan, from Proto-Germanic *klawjaną) and Old English clawian (from Proto-West Germanic *klawēn).

295 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Abaga: ag̶iŋkoʔai — curved horny nail
• Afrikaans: klou — curved horny nail
• Albanian: kthetër — curved horny nail
• Northern Altai: тыргак (tïrgak) — curved horny nail
• Northern Altai: тырбак (tïrbak) — curved horny nail
• Southern Altai: тырмак (tïrmak) — curved horny nail
• Arabic: مِخْلَب (miḵlab) — curved horny nail
• Arabic: بُرْثُن (burṯun) — curved horny nail
• Arabic: مخلب (maḵlab) — curved horny nail
• Armenian: ճանկ (čank) — curved horny nail
• Armenian: ճիրան (čiran) — curved horny nail
• Armenian: մագիլ (magil) — curved horny nail
• Assamese: নখ (nokh) — curved horny nail
• Azerbaijani: pəncə — curved horny nail
• Azerbaijani: caynaq — curved horny nail
• Azerbaijani: dırnaq — curved horny nail
• Basque: atzapar — curved horny nail
• Bats: მჵაჲრი̆ (m'ayrĭ) — curved horny nail
• Belarusian: кіпцю́р (kipcjúr) — curved horny nail
• Belarusian: кі́пець (kípjecʹ) — curved horny nail
• Belarusian: пазу́р (pazúr) — curved horny nail
• Belarusian: ко́каць (kókacʹ) — curved horny nail
• Bengali: নখর (nokhor) — curved horny nail
• Bengali: নখ (nokh) — curved horny nail
• Bulgarian: но́кът (nókǎt) — curved horny nail
• Burmese: စွန်ကုပ် (cwankup) — curved horny nail
• Burmese: လက်သည်း (laksany:) — curved horny nail
• Buryat: һабар (habar) — curved horny nail
• Catalan: urpa — curved horny nail
• Chinese Mandarin: 爪 (zhuǎ) — curved horny nail
• Chinese Mandarin: 爪子 (zhǎozi) — curved horny nail
• Czech: dráp — curved horny nail
• Danish: klo — curved horny nail
• Dutch: klauw — curved horny nail
• Egyptian: a:n-t:D51 (ꜥnt) — curved horny nail
• Esperanto: ungo — curved horny nail
• Esperanto: ungego — curved horny nail
• Estonian: küünis — curved horny nail
• Faroese: klógv — curved horny nail
• Finnish: kynsi — curved horny nail
• French: griffe — curved horny nail
• West-Frisian: klau — curved horny nail
• West-Frisian: kloer — curved horny nail
• Galician: uña — curved horny nail
• Galician: garra — curved horny nail
• Georgian: ჭანგი (č̣angi) — curved horny nail
• Georgian: ბრჭყალი (brč̣q̇ali) — curved horny nail
• Georgian: კლანჭი (ḳlanč̣i) — curved horny nail
• German: Klaue — curved horny nail
• German: Kralle — curved horny nail
• Greek: νύχι (nýchi) — curved horny nail
• Ancient Greek: ὄνυξ (ónux) — curved horny nail
• Haitian Creole: grif — curved horny nail
• Hausa: akaifa — curved horny nail
• Hebrew: טוֹפֶר (tofer) — curved horny nail
• Hebrew: טֹפֶר (tofer) — curved horny nail
• Hindi: पञ्जा (pañjā) — curved horny nail
• Hindi: पंजा (pañjā) — curved horny nail
• Hindi: खाँग (khāṅg) — curved horny nail
• Hindi: नख (nakh) — curved horny nail
• Hindi: चुंगल (cuṅgal) — curved horny nail
• Hungarian: karom — curved horny nail
• Hungarian: köröm — curved horny nail
• Icelandic: kló — curved horny nail
• Indonesian: cakar — curved horny nail
• Irish: crúb — curved horny nail
• Italian: artiglio — curved horny nail
• Japanese: 爪 (tsume) — curved horny nail
• Kazakh: тырнақ (tyrnaq) — curved horny nail
• Khmer: ក្រញាំ (krɑɑñam) — curved horny nail
• Khmer: ក្រចក (krɑɑcɑɑk) — curved horny nail
• Korean: 발톱 (baltop) — curved horny nail
• Central Kurdish: چنگ (çing) — curved horny nail
• Central Kurdish: چرنووک (çirnûk) — curved horny nail
• Kyrgyz: тырмак (tırmak) — curved horny nail
• Lao: ເລັບ (lep) — curved horny nail
• Latin: unguis — curved horny nail
• Latvian: nags — curved horny nail
• Lithuanian: nagas — curved horny nail
• Luxembourgish: Klo — curved horny nail
• Luxembourgish: Krall — curved horny nail
• Macedonian: канџа (kandža) — curved horny nail
• Malay: cakar — curved horny nail
• Maltese: granf — curved horny nail
• Manchu: ᠣᡧᠣᡥᠣ (ošoho) — curved horny nail
• Manchu: ᠸᠠᠰᡳᡥᠠ (wasiha) — curved horny nail
• Māori: matimati — curved horny nail
• Māori: matihao — curved horny nail
• Māori: matikuku — curved horny nail
• Māori: kotikara — curved horny nail
• Marathi: पंजा (pañjā) — curved horny nail
• Middle English: clawe — curved horny nail
• Middle English: cle — curved horny nail
• Mongolian: савар (savar) — curved horny nail
• Nepali: पन्जा (panjā) — curved horny nail
• Norwegian Bokmål: klo — curved horny nail
• Occitan: arpa — curved horny nail
• Church Slavic: ногъть (nogŭtĭ) — curved horny nail
• Old English: clawu — curved horny nail
• Papiamentu: pata — curved horny nail
• Persian: چَنْگال (čangâl) — curved horny nail
• Persian: چَنْگ (čang) — curved horny nail
• Plautdietsch: Kleiw — curved horny nail
• Polish: pazur — curved horny nail
• Portuguese: garra — curved horny nail
• Quechua: sillu — curved horny nail
• Romanian: gheară — curved horny nail
• Russian: ко́готь (kógotʹ) — curved horny nail
• Sanskrit: नख (nakha) — curved horny nail
• Scottish Gaelic: ìne — curved horny nail
• Serbo-Croatian: ка̑нџа — curved horny nail
• Serbo-Croatian: па̑нџа — curved horny nail
• Serbo-Croatian: ча̏порак m чапорац — curved horny nail
• Serbo-Croatian: kȃndža — curved horny nail
• Serbo-Croatian: pȃndža — curved horny nail
• Serbo-Croatian: čȁporak — curved horny nail
• Serbo-Croatian: čaporac — curved horny nail
• Slovak: dráp — curved horny nail
• Slovene: krempelj — curved horny nail
• Spanish: garra — curved horny nail
• Swahili: ukucha — curved horny nail
• Swedish: klo — curved horny nail
• Tagalog: pangalmot — curved horny nail
• Tajik: чангол (čangol) — curved horny nail
• Tajik: чанг (čang) — curved horny nail
• Tajik: чангак (čangak) — curved horny nail
• Tatar: тырнак (tırnaq) — curved horny nail
• Telugu: గోరు (gōru) — curved horny nail
• Thai: เล็บ (lép) — curved horny nail
• Thai: กรงเล็บ (grong-lép) — curved horny nail
• Turkish: pençe — curved horny nail
• Ottoman Turkish: چنك (çenk) — curved horny nail
• Ottoman Turkish: پنچه (pençe) — curved horny nail
• Ottoman Turkish: طرناق (tırnak) — curved horny nail
• Ottoman Turkish: طرمیق (tırmık) — curved horny nail
• Turkmen: dyrnak — curved horny nail
• Ukrainian: кі́готь (kíhotʹ) — curved horny nail
• Urdu: پَنْجہ (panja) — curved horny nail
• Uyghur: تىرناق (tirnaq) — curved horny nail
• Uyghur: پەنجە (penje) — curved horny nail
• Uzbek: tirnoq — curved horny nail
• Uzbek: changal — curved horny nail
• Vietnamese: móng — curved horny nail
• Vietnamese: vuốt — curved horny nail
• Volapük: kluv — curved horny nail
• Volapük: kral — curved horny nail
• Welsh: crafanc — curved horny nail
• Yakut: тыҥырах (tïŋïraq) — curved horny nail
• Yiddish: קרעל (krel) — curved horny nail
• Zulu: izipho — curved horny nail
• Catalan: arpa — foot equipped with such
• Finnish: käpälä — foot equipped with such
• Finnish: kynnet — foot equipped with such
• Galician: gadoupa — foot equipped with such
• Hindi: पञ्जा (pañjā) — foot equipped with such
• Hindi: पंजा (pañjā) — foot equipped with such
• Irish: crág — foot equipped with such
• Latvian: ķetna — foot equipped with such
• Nepali: पन्जा (panjā) — foot equipped with such
• Persian: پَنْجِه (panje) — foot equipped with such
• Polish: szpon — foot equipped with such
• Russian: ла́па (lápa) — foot equipped with such
• Scottish Gaelic: spòg — foot equipped with such
• Spanish: zarpa — foot equipped with such
• Ottoman Turkish: پنچه (pençe) — foot equipped with such
• Arabic: كُلَّاب (kullāb) — pincer of a crustacean
• Arabic: كَلَّاب (kallāb) — pincer of a crustacean
• Armenian: չանչ (čʻančʻ) — pincer of a crustacean
• Azerbaijani: qısqac — pincer of a crustacean
• Belarusian: клюшня́ (kljušnjá) — pincer of a crustacean
• Breton: meud — pincer of a crustacean
• Bulgarian: щи́пка (štípka) — pincer of a crustacean
• Catalan: pinça — pincer of a crustacean
• Chinese Mandarin: 鉗 /钳 (qián) — pincer of a crustacean
• Czech: klepeto — pincer of a crustacean
• Danish: klosaks — pincer of a crustacean
• Dutch: schaar — pincer of a crustacean
• Esperanto: pinĉilo — pincer of a crustacean
• Estonian: sõrg — pincer of a crustacean
• Finnish: saksi — pincer of a crustacean
• French: pince — pincer of a crustacean
• Georgian: მარწუხი (marc̣uxi) — pincer of a crustacean
• German: Schere — pincer of a crustacean
• Greek: δαγκάνα (dagkána) — pincer of a crustacean
• Greek: αρπάγη (arpági) — pincer of a crustacean
• Hungarian: olló — pincer of a crustacean
• Ingrian: pihet — pincer of a crustacean
• Irish: crúb — pincer of a crustacean
• Irish: ordóg — pincer of a crustacean
• Italian: chela — pincer of a crustacean
• Japanese: はさみ (hasami) — pincer of a crustacean
• Khmer: តង្កៀប (tɑɑtɑngkiəp) — pincer of a crustacean
• Korean: 집게발 (jipgebal) — pincer of a crustacean
• Korean: 겸각 (gyeomgak) — pincer of a crustacean
• Lao: ກ້າມ (kām) — pincer of a crustacean
• Latvian: spīle — pincer of a crustacean
• Lithuanian: žnyplė — pincer of a crustacean
• Macedonian: штипка (štipka) — pincer of a crustacean
• Macedonian: штипалка (štipalka) — pincer of a crustacean
• Norwegian Bokmål: klo — pincer of a crustacean
• Occitan: pinça — pincer of a crustacean
• Persian: چَنْگَک (čangak) — pincer of a crustacean
• Polish: kleszcze — pincer of a crustacean
• Polish: szczypce — pincer of a crustacean
• Portuguese: puã — pincer of a crustacean
• Portuguese: tenaz — pincer of a crustacean
• Romanian: clește — pincer of a crustacean
• Romanian: chelă — pincer of a crustacean
• Russian: клешня́ (klešnjá) — pincer of a crustacean
• Serbo-Croatian: кле́шта — pincer of a crustacean
• Serbo-Croatian: клије́шта — pincer of a crustacean
• Serbo-Croatian: kléšta — pincer of a crustacean
• Serbo-Croatian: klijéšta — pincer of a crustacean
• Slovak: klepeto — pincer of a crustacean
• Slovene: klešče — pincer of a crustacean
• Spanish: pinza — pincer of a crustacean
• Spanish: tenaza — pincer of a crustacean
• Swedish: klo — pincer of a crustacean
• Tajik: чустак (čustak) — pincer of a crustacean
• Tajik: чангол (čangol) — pincer of a crustacean
• Thai: ก้าม (gâam) — pincer of a crustacean
• Turkish: kıskaç — pincer of a crustacean
• Ukrainian: клішня́ (klišnjá) — pincer of a crustacean
• Uzbek: changal — pincer of a crustacean
• Uzbek: panja — pincer of a crustacean
• Welsh: bawd — pincer of a crustacean
• Catalan: garfi — mechanical device for gripping
• Chinese Mandarin: 鉗子 /钳子 (qiánzi) — mechanical device for gripping
• Danish: klo — mechanical device for gripping
• Finnish: leuka — mechanical device for gripping
• German: Greifer — mechanical device for gripping
• Irish: ladhar — mechanical device for gripping
• Italian: palanchino — mechanical device for gripping
• Italian: piede di porco — mechanical device for gripping
• Māori: kotikara — mechanical device for gripping
• Middle English: clawe — mechanical device for gripping
• Middle English: cle — mechanical device for gripping
• Polish: kleszcze — mechanical device for gripping
• Polish: szczypce — mechanical device for gripping
• Portuguese: garra — mechanical device for gripping
• Romanian: clește — mechanical device for gripping
• Russian: тиски́ (tiskí) — mechanical device for gripping
• Russian: захва́т (zaxvát) — mechanical device for gripping
• Bulgarian: дращя (draštja) — scratch or tear at
• Catalan: esgarrapar — scratch or tear at
• Czech: drápat — scratch or tear at
• Danish: kradse — scratch or tear at
• Danish: rive — scratch or tear at
• Dutch: klauwen — scratch or tear at
• Esperanto: ungograti — scratch or tear at
• Esperanto: ungi — scratch or tear at
• Estonian: küünistama — scratch or tear at
• Finnish: kynsiä — scratch or tear at
• Finnish: raapia — scratch or tear at
• French: griffer — scratch or tear at
• German: kratzen — scratch or tear at
• German: zerkratzen — scratch or tear at
• Greek: νυχιάζω (nychiázo) — scratch or tear at
• Hindi: नोचना (nocnā) — scratch or tear at
• Hungarian: karmol — scratch or tear at
• Italian: raspare — scratch or tear at
• Italian: graffiare — scratch or tear at
• Italian: artigliare — scratch or tear at
• Māori: mamanga — scratch or tear at
• Māori: taramamanga — scratch or tear at
• Middle English: clawen — scratch or tear at
• Norman: grimmer — scratch or tear at
• Polish: drapać — scratch or tear at
• Portuguese: unhar — scratch or tear at
• Quechua: silluy — scratch or tear at
• Romanian: zgâria — scratch or tear at
• Russian: цара́пать (carápatʹ) — scratch or tear at
• Scottish Gaelic: sgrìob — scratch or tear at
• Slovak: driapať — scratch or tear at
• Spanish: arañar — scratch or tear at
• Swedish: klösa — scratch or tear at
• Swedish: riva — scratch or tear at
• Catalan: garfir — to use claws to seize, to grip
• Czech: drapnout — to use claws to seize, to grip
• Danish: gribe — to use claws to seize, to grip
• Finnish: ottaa kynsiinsä — to use claws to seize, to grip
• French: s'agripper — to use claws to seize, to grip
• German: klammern — to use claws to seize, to grip
• German: krallen — to use claws to seize, to grip
• Italian: ghermire — to use claws to seize, to grip
• Māori: mamanga — to use claws to seize, to grip
• Middle English: clawen — to use claws to seize, to grip
• Portuguese: agarrar — to use claws to seize, to grip
• Russian: вцепи́ться когтя́ми (vcepítʹsja kogtjámi) — to use claws to seize, to grip
• Spanish: agarrar — to use claws to seize, to grip
• Ottoman Turkish: پنچهلمك (pençelemek) — to use claws to seize, to grip
• Czech: drápat se — use claws to climb
• Danish: slå en klo i — use claws to climb
• Finnish: kiivetä kynsiensä avulla — use claws to climb
• Italian: aggrapparsi — use claws to climb