onycha
Latin
noun
Definitions
- onycha, the operculum of kinds of strombus or muricid, smoked ritually and medicinally
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὄνυξ (nail, claw, onyx, hoof, talon).
Origin
Ancient Greek
ὄνυξ
Gloss
nail, claw, onyx, hoof, talon
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
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Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- endonyx English
- onycha English
- onycho- English
- onychotillomania English
- onyx Latin
- onycho- French
- ónix Spanish, Castilian
- γαμψῶνυξ Ancient Greek
- μῶνυξ Ancient Greek
- παρωνυχία Ancient Greek
- σαρδόνυξ Ancient Greek
- ὀνύχινος Ancient Greek
- ὄνυξ Ancient Greek
- *h₃negʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₃nogʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- onikso Esperanto
- aard Afrikaans
- Bannykus Chinese
- Linhenykus Chinese
- Xixianykus Chinese