uvula

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈjuː.vjʊl.ə/
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• General-American: /ˈju.vjəl.ə/
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• homophone: uvular (non-rhotic)
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h1eyHw-der. Proto-Italic *oiwā Latin ūva Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -ula Late Latin ūvulabor. English uvula Borrowed from Late Latin ūvula, diminutive of ūva (“grape”).

136 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: kleintong — appendage that hangs from the palate
• Ahtna: -yidah loggeʼ — appendage that hangs from the palate
• Albanian: njerith — appendage that hangs from the palate
• Albanian: gjuhëz — appendage that hangs from the palate
• Albanian: lilth — appendage that hangs from the palate
• Arabic: لَهَاة (lahāh) — appendage that hangs from the palate
• Arabic: لغلوغة (laḡlūḡa) — appendage that hangs from the palate
• Armenian: լեզվակ (lezvak) — appendage that hangs from the palate
• Assamese: আলজিভা (alzibha) — appendage that hangs from the palate
• Asturian: campanín — appendage that hangs from the palate
• Azerbaijani: dilçək — appendage that hangs from the palate
• West Coast Bajau: pegad — appendage that hangs from the palate
• Belarusian: язычо́к (jazyčók) — appendage that hangs from the palate
• Breton: hugenn — appendage that hangs from the palate
• Breton: hogedenn — appendage that hangs from the palate
• Bulgarian: мъже́ц (mǎžéc) — appendage that hangs from the palate
• Catalan: úvula — appendage that hangs from the palate
• Catalan: llengüeta — appendage that hangs from the palate
• Catalan: neulella — appendage that hangs from the palate
• Catalan: garganxó — appendage that hangs from the palate
• Chinese Mandarin: 懸雍垂 (xuányōngchuí) — appendage that hangs from the palate
• Chinese Mandarin: 小舌 (xiǎoshé) — appendage that hangs from the palate
• West Circassian: бзэгужъый (bzɛgwuẑəj) — appendage that hangs from the palate
• Czech: čípek — appendage that hangs from the palate
• Danish: drøbel — appendage that hangs from the palate
• Dutch: huig — appendage that hangs from the palate
• Esperanto: uvulo — appendage that hangs from the palate
• Estonian: kurgunibu — appendage that hangs from the palate
• Faroese: úlvsur — appendage that hangs from the palate
• Faroese: úlvur — appendage that hangs from the palate
• Finnish: kitakieleke — appendage that hangs from the palate
• French: luette — appendage that hangs from the palate
• French: uvule — appendage that hangs from the palate
• French: uvula — appendage that hangs from the palate
• West-Frisian: hûch — appendage that hangs from the palate
• Galician: úvula — appendage that hangs from the palate
• Galician: campaíña — appendage that hangs from the palate
• Galician: pinguel — appendage that hangs from the palate
• Galician: galiño — appendage that hangs from the palate
• Galician: galillo — appendage that hangs from the palate
• Galician: pingallón — appendage that hangs from the palate
• Georgian: ენის კლიტე (enis ḳliṭe) — appendage that hangs from the palate
• Georgian: ნაქი (naki) — appendage that hangs from the palate
• Georgian: სასის ნაქი (sasis naki) — appendage that hangs from the palate
• German: Gaumenzäpfchen — appendage that hangs from the palate
• German: Uvula — appendage that hangs from the palate
• Greek: σταφυλή (stafylí) — appendage that hangs from the palate
• Ancient Greek: γαργαρεών (gargareṓn) — appendage that hangs from the palate
• Gujarati: પડજીભ (paḍjībh) — appendage that hangs from the palate
• Hebrew: ענבל (inbál) — appendage that hangs from the palate
• Hindi: अलिजिह्वा (alijihvā) — appendage that hangs from the palate
• Hungarian: nyelvcsap — appendage that hangs from the palate
• Hungarian: uvula — appendage that hangs from the palate
• Hungarian: ínyvitorla — appendage that hangs from the palate
• Icelandic: úfur — appendage that hangs from the palate
• Ido: uvulo — appendage that hangs from the palate
• Indonesian: anak lidah — appendage that hangs from the palate
• Indonesian: anak tekak — appendage that hangs from the palate
• Indonesian: uvula — appendage that hangs from the palate
• Iranun: mananalu — appendage that hangs from the palate
• Irish: sine siain — appendage that hangs from the palate
• Italian: ugola — appendage that hangs from the palate
• Japanese: 口蓋垂 (kōgaisui) — appendage that hangs from the palate
• Japanese: 懸壅垂 (ken'yōsui) — appendage that hangs from the palate
• Japanese: のどちんこ (nodochinko) — appendage that hangs from the palate
• Kazakh: тілше (tılşe) — appendage that hangs from the palate
• Khmer: កន្លើត (kɑnlaət) — appendage that hangs from the palate
• Kimaragang: langguk — appendage that hangs from the palate
• Korean: 목젖 (mokjeot) — appendage that hangs from the palate
• Northern Kurdish: zimanok — appendage that hangs from the palate
• Lithuanian: liežuvėlis — appendage that hangs from the palate
• Lotud: landuk — appendage that hangs from the palate
• Lotud: angguk-angguk — appendage that hangs from the palate
• Lower Tanana: -yexdolwga' — appendage that hangs from the palate
• Macedonian: у́вула (úvula) — appendage that hangs from the palate
• Malay: anak lidah — appendage that hangs from the palate
• Malay: anak tekak — appendage that hangs from the palate
• Malay: uvula — appendage that hangs from the palate
• Manchu: ᡳᠯᠮᠠᡥᠠ (ilmaha) — appendage that hangs from the palate
• Māori: miramira — appendage that hangs from the palate
• Māori: toke — appendage that hangs from the palate
• Central Melanau: aneak tengad — appendage that hangs from the palate
• Mongolian: хүүхэн хэл (xüüxen xel) — appendage that hangs from the palate
• Tagal Murut: taruk tantalanan — appendage that hangs from the palate
• Timugon Murut: taruk tantalanan — appendage that hangs from the palate
• Navajo: adáziz — appendage that hangs from the palate
• Norwegian: drøvel — appendage that hangs from the palate
• Occitan: uvula — appendage that hangs from the palate
• Occitan: uèla — appendage that hangs from the palate
• Occitan: luseta — appendage that hangs from the palate
• Persian: ملازه (malâze) — appendage that hangs from the palate
• Persian: زبان کوچک (zabân-e kučak) — appendage that hangs from the palate
• Polish: języczek — appendage that hangs from the palate
• Portuguese: úvula — appendage that hangs from the palate
• Punjabi: ਕਾਂ (kā̃) — appendage that hangs from the palate
• Romanian: uvulă — appendage that hangs from the palate
• Romanian: omușor — appendage that hangs from the palate
• Rungus: llangguk — appendage that hangs from the palate
• Russian: язычо́к (jazyčók) — appendage that hangs from the palate
• Russian: нёбный язычо́к (njóbnyj jazyčók) — appendage that hangs from the palate
• Russian: у́вула (úvula) — appendage that hangs from the palate
• Russian: нёбная заве́са (njóbnaja zavésa) — appendage that hangs from the palate
• Saanich: MELḰ — appendage that hangs from the palate
• Scottish Gaelic: cìoch-shlugain — appendage that hangs from the palate
• Serbo-Croatian: ȕvula — appendage that hangs from the palate
• Serbo-Croatian: увула — appendage that hangs from the palate
• Slovak: čapík — appendage that hangs from the palate
• Slovene: uvula — appendage that hangs from the palate
• Spanish: úvula — appendage that hangs from the palate
• Spanish: campanilla — appendage that hangs from the palate
• Spanish: gallillo — appendage that hangs from the palate
• Spanish: galillo — appendage that hangs from the palate
• Swahili: kilimi — appendage that hangs from the palate
• Swedish: gomspene — appendage that hangs from the palate
• Swedish: tungspene — appendage that hangs from the palate
• Tagalog: kuntil — appendage that hangs from the palate
• Tagalog: tilao — appendage that hangs from the palate
• Tamil: உண்ணாக்கு (uṇṇākku) — appendage that hangs from the palate
• Tamil: உள்நாக்கு (uḷnākku) — appendage that hangs from the palate
• Tamil: அண்ணாக்கு (aṇṇākku) — appendage that hangs from the palate
• Telugu: చిరునాలుక (cirunāluka) — appendage that hangs from the palate
• Telugu: కొండనాలుక (koṇḍanāluka) — appendage that hangs from the palate
• Thai: ลิ้นไก่ (lín gài) — appendage that hangs from the palate
• Turkish: küçük dil — appendage that hangs from the palate
• Turkish: dilcik — appendage that hangs from the palate
• Ottoman Turkish: دلجك (dilcik) — appendage that hangs from the palate
• Ottoman Turkish: كچوك دل (küçük dil) — appendage that hangs from the palate
• Ukrainian: язичо́к (jazyčók) — appendage that hangs from the palate
• Uyghur: كىچىك تىل (kichik til) — appendage that hangs from the palate
• Vietnamese: lưỡi gà — appendage that hangs from the palate
• Volapük: lüät — appendage that hangs from the palate
• Welsh: tafodig — appendage that hangs from the palate
• Welsh: tafod bach — appendage that hangs from the palate
• Woiwurrung: doo-mak — appendage that hangs from the palate
• Yiddish: אוּוווּלע (uvule) — appendage that hangs from the palate
• Zhuang: linxgaeq — appendage that hangs from the palate