{"id":442,"date":"2007-07-13T21:34:51","date_gmt":"2007-07-13T20:34:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/blog\/2007\/07\/13\/finger-names\/"},"modified":"2007-07-13T21:34:51","modified_gmt":"2007-07-13T20:34:51","slug":"finger-names","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/?p=442","title":{"rendered":"Finger names"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Finger<\/p>\n

When chatting with some Japanese friends today, the subject of finger names came up for some reason – specifically what the different fingers are called in Japanese and English. It took quite a while to establish which finger corresponded to which name – to make this clear, I found a picture of a hand, added labels and uploaded it to my site.<\/p>\n

This is what the fingers are called in those languages:<\/p>\n

\u62c7\u6307 (boshi) \/ \u89aa\u6307 (oyayubi) lit. “thumb\/parent finger” = thumb
\n\u4eba\u5dee\u3057\u6307 (hitosashiyubi) = lit. “person offering finger” = first finger \/ index finger
\n\u4e2d\u6307 (nakayubi) = middle finger
\n\u85ac\u6307 (kusuriyubi) = lit. “medicine finger” = third finger \/ring finger
\n\u5c0f\u6307 (koyubi) = lit. “little finger” = fourth finger \/ little finger \/ pinky<\/p>\n

In Latin the fingers are named thus:<\/p>\n

Thumb = Polex
\nFirst finger = Demonstratus (pointer)
\nSecond finger = Impudicus (gesticulates)
\nThird finger = Annularis (ring)
\nFourth finger = Auricularis (removing wax from ear)<\/p>\n

Their names in Welsh are as follows:<\/p>\n

Thumb = bawd
\nFirst finger = bys troed (foot finger)
\nSecond finger = bys canol (middle finger)
\nThird finger = bys y fodrwy (ring finger)
\nFourth finger = bys bach (little finger)<\/p>\n

and Irish they’re:<\/p>\n

Thumb = ord\u00f3g
\nFirst finger = corrmh\u00e9ar (odd finger)
\nSecond finger = m\u00e9ar fhada (long finger)
\nThird finger = m\u00e9ar f\u00e1inne (ring finger)
\nFourth finger = l\u00faid\u00edn<\/p>\n

What about in your language?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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