belly

English

/bɛli/

noun
Definitions
  • The abdomen, especially a fat one.
  • The stomach.
  • The womb.
  • The lower fuselage of an airplane.
  • The part of anything which resembles the human belly in protuberance or in cavity; the innermost part.
  • (architecture) The hollow part of a curved or bent timber, the convex part of which is the back.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English bely inherited from Old English belg inherited from Proto-Germanic *balgiz (bag, skin, hide, bellows) derived from Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵʰ- (swell, paunch, blow up, pillow, bag), *bʰelǵʰ- (swell, paunch, blow up, pillow, bag).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*bʰelǵʰ-

Gloss

swell, paunch, blow up, pillow, bag

Concept
Semantic Field

Basic actions and technology

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Kanji

枕

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