ulna

Etymology

From Latin ulna (“elbow”). Doublet of ell.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʌlnə/

Noun

ulna (plural ulnae or ulnas)

1. (anatomy) The bone of the forearm that extends from the elbow to the wrist on the side opposite to the thumb, corresponding to the fibula of the hind limb. Also, the corresponding bone in the forelimb of any vertebrate.

   Synonym: elbow bone

Anagrams

• Luna, auln, luan, luna, ulan, unal

Etymology

From Latin ulna.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈul.nə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈul.na/

Noun

ulna f (plural ulnes)

1. (anatomy) ulna

   Synonym: cúbit

Further reading

• “ulna” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Etymology

From Latin ulna.

Noun

ulna f (plural ulnas)

1. (anatomy) ulna

   Synonym: cúbito

Further reading

• “ulna” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

Etymology

From Latin ulna.

Noun

ulna m (genitive singular ulna, nominative plural ulnaí)

1. (anatomy) ulna

Mutation

Further reading

• "ulna" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• “ulna” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
• Entries containing “ulna” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.

Etymology

From Latin ulna.

Noun

ulna f (plural ulne)

1. (anatomy) ulna

   Synonym: cubito

Anagrams

• luna

Etymology

Presumably from Proto-Indo-European *Heh₃l(e)n-, from the root *Heh₃l- (“to bend”), although this reconstruction remains uncertain.^[1] Related to Old Armenian ուլն (uln, “neck”), Gothic 𐌰𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌰 (aleina, “cubit”), Old Church Slavonic ланита (lanita, “cheek”), Ancient Greek ὠλένη (ōlénē, “elbow”) and Sanskrit अणि (aṇi, “the point of a needle”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈul.na/, [ˈʊɫ.na]

Noun

ulna f (genitive ulnae); first declension

1. (anatomy) elbow
2. (poetic) arm

   maternis in ulnis

   in mother's arms

3. (unit of length) cubit, ell

References

• ulna in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ulna in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ulna in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• ulna in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Etymology

From Latin ulna (“elbow”).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈuw.na/

Noun

ulna f (plural ulnas)

1. (anatomy, Brazil) ulna

   Synonym: cúbito (Portugal)

Etymology

From Latin ulna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈulna/

Noun

ulna f (plural ulnas)

1. (anatomy) ulna

   Synonym: cúbito

Further reading

• “ulna” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.