navel

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EnglishEdit

A navel.

Alternative formsEdit

• navil (obsolete)

EtymologyEdit

From Middle English navel, navele, from Old English nafela, from Proto-Germanic *nabalô (compare West Frisian nâle, Dutch navel, German Nabel), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃nobʰilos (compare Irish imleac, Latin umbilicus, Ancient Greek ὀμφαλός (omphalós)), diminutive of *h₃nobʰ- (compare English nave). More at nave.

PronunciationEdit

• enPR: nā'vəl, IPA^(key): /ˈneɪvəl/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -eɪvəl
• Homophone: naval

NounEdit

navel (plural navels)

1. (anatomy) The indentation or bump remaining in the abdomen of mammals where the umbilical cord was attached before birth.
2. The central part or point of anything; the middle.
   • John Milton

     Within the navel of this hideous wood,
     Immured in cypress shades, a sorcerer dwells.

   • 2004, David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas

     We sat alfresco on the edge of a “square,” in reality a pond of cobbly mud with a plinth plonked in its navel […]

3. (historical) An eye on the underside of a carronade for securing it to a carriage.

SynonymsEdit

• bellybutton/belly button, nave (obsolete), umbilicus, see also Thesaurus:navel

Derived termsEdit

• navel-gazing
• navel orange

TranslationsEdit

remnant of umbilical cord

• Adyghe: шдиху (šdix°)
• Albanian: kërthizë (sq) f
• Amharic: እምብርት (ʾəmbrtə)
• Arabic: سُرَّة‎‎ f (surra)

  Egyptian Arabic: سرة‎‎ f (surra)

• Armenian: պորտ (hy) (port)
• Aromanian: buric
• Asturian: embeligru (ast) m, ombligu (ast) m
• Avar: цӏин (c̣in)
• Aymara: kururu
• Azerbaijani: göbək (az)
• Baluchi: ناپگ‎‎ (nápag)
• Bashkir: кендек (kendek)
• Bau Bidayuh: pisod
• Belarusian: пупо́к m (pupók), пуп m (pup)
• Bengali: নাভি (nabhi)
• Berber:

  Tashelhit: abuḍ m

• Borôro: künabo
• Breton: begel (br)
• Bulgarian: пъп m (pǎp)
• Burmese: ချက် (my) (hkyak)
• Catalan: melic (ca) m, llombrígol (ca) m
• Central Dusun: pusod
• Central Melanau: pused
• Chamicuro: mocho
• Chechen: цӏонга (c̣onga)
• Chichewa: mchombo
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 肚臍, 肚脐 (tou⁵ ci⁴), 肚臍窿, 肚脐窿 (tou⁵ ci⁴ lung¹)

  Hakka: 肚臍, 肚脐 (tú-chhì), 肚臍窟, 肚脐窟 (tú-chhì-fut)

  Mandarin: 肚臍 (zh), 肚脐 (zh) (dùqí), 肚臍眼 (zh), 肚脐眼 (zh) (dùqíyǎn)

  Min Nan: 肚臍 (zh-min-nan), 肚脐 (tō͘-châi), 腹臍, 腹脐 (pak-châi)

• Coptic: ϧⲉⲗⲡⲓ f (xelpi)
• Cornish: begel m
• Czech: pupek (cs) m
• Danish: navle (da) c
• Dupaningan Agta: pusad
• Dutch: navel (nl) m
• Erzya: почо (počo)
• Esperanto: umbiliko (eo)
• Estonian: naba (et)
• Faroese: nalvi m
• Fijian: vico
• Finnish: napa (fi)
• French: nombril (fr) m
• Friulian: umbriçon m, umbričon, bugnigul m
• Galician: embigo (gl) m
• Georgian: ჭიპი (č̣iṗi)
• German: Bauchnabel (de) m, Nabel (de) m
• Greek: ομφαλός (el) m (omfalós)

  Ancient Greek: ὀμφαλός m (omphalós)

• Guaraní: puru'â
• Gujarati: નાભિ (gu) (nābhi)
• Hawaiian: piko
• Hebrew: טַבּוּר‎‎ (he) (tabúr), פופיק‎‎ m (púpik)
• Hiligaynon: pusod
• Hindi: नाभि (hi) f (nābhi), नाफ़ f (nāf)
• Hungarian: köldök (hu)
• Icelandic: nafli (is) m
• Ido: umbiliko (io)
• Ilocano: puseg
• Indonesian: pusat (id), pusar (id)
• Iranun: pused
• Irish: imleac f
• Ishkashimi: ناف (nāf)
• Italian: ombelico (it) m, (unusual) onfalo m
• Japanese: 臍 (ja) (へそ, heso)
• Kannada: ನಾಭಿ (kn) (nābhi)
• Kapampangan: pusud
• Kazakh: кіндік (kindik)
• Khmer: ផ្ចិត (km) (phcət)
• Kimaragang: pusod
• Korean: 배꼽 (ko) (baekkop)
• Kumyk: гинник (ginnik)
• Kurdish: navik (ku) f
• Kyrgyz: киндик (ky) (kindik)
• Lao: ສາຍບື (lo) (sāi bư̄)

• Latgalian: pupona
• Latin: umbilicus m
• Latvian: naba f
• Lithuanian: bamba f
• Livonian: nabā
• Lotud: pusod
• Low German: Navel m
• Lule Sami: náhpe
• Macedonian: папок m (papok)
• Malay: pusat, pusar, pusar
• Malayalam: പൊക്കിള്‍ (pokkiḷ‍)
• Maltese: żokra f
• Maori: pito, ihonga
• Mongolian: хүйс (mn) (hüjs), хүй (mn) (hüj)
• Navajo: atsʼééʼ
• Nepali: नाइटो (nāiṭo)
• Ngarrindjeri: pulanggi
• Norman: nombrîn m (Jersey), naombrin m (Guernsey), nõmbri m (Sark)
• Norwegian: navle m
• Occitan: embonilh (oc), monilh (oc), embonígol (oc)
• Old Church Slavonic:

  Cyrillic: пѫпъ m (pǫpŭ)

• Old East Slavic: пупъ m (pupŭ)
• Ottoman Turkish: ناف‎‎ (nâf), گوبك‎‎ (göbek)
• Pashto: د نامه غوټه‎‎ (ps) f (denāmǝ gúṭa), نو‎‎ (ps) (naw)
• Persian: ناف‎‎ (fa) (nâf)
• Polish: pępek (pl) m
• Portuguese: umbigo (pt) m
• Quechua: puti, pupu, puputi
• Romanian: buric (ro) n
• Rungus: pusod
• Russian: пупо́к (ru) m (pupók), пуп (ru) m (pup)
• Sabah Bisaya: pusod
• Sanskrit: नाभि (sa) f (nābhi), नाभी (sa) f (nābhī)
• Sardinian: imbílicu, imbírigu
• Scottish Gaelic: imleag f
• Sebop: pucet
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: пу̏пак m

  Roman: pȕpak (sh) m

• Slovak: pupok (sk) m
• Slovene: pópek (sl) m
• Spanish: ombligo (es) m
• Swahili: ^{(please verify)} kitovu (sw) class 7/8
• Swedish: navel (sv) c
• Sylheti: ꠘꠣꠁꠝꠥꠠꠣꠟ (naimuṛal)
• Tagal Murut: pusor
• Tagalog: pusod
• Tajik: ноф (nof)
• Tamil: தொப்புள் (ta) (toppuḷ)
• Tatar: кендек (tt) (kendek)
• Tboli: huhed
• Telugu: నాభి (te) (nābhi), బొడ్డు (te) (boḍḍu)
• Thai: สะดือ (th) (sà-dʉʉ)
• Tibetan: ལྟེ་བ (lte ba)
• Timugon Murut: pusor
• Tok Pisin: hap bel
• Turkish: göbek (tr)
• Turkmen: göbek
• Tuvan: хиндик (hïndïk)
• Udmurt: гогы (gogy)
• Ukrainian: пупо́к m (pupók), пуп m (pup)
• Urdu: نابھی‎‎ f (nābhi), ناف‎‎ f (nāf)
• Uyghur: كىندىك‎‎ (kindik)
• Uzbek: kindik (uz)
• Venetian: bonigolo m, bonigol, bunigolo m, bunigol, bonigoło
• Veps: naba
• Vietnamese: rốn (vi), rún (vi)
• Vilamovian: nowuł m
• Volapük: numbril
• Võro: naba
• Welsh: bogail
• West Coast Bajau: ponsot
• White Hmong: please add this translation if you can
• Yagnobi: нофа
• Yakut: киин (kiin)
• Yami: pesed
• Yiddish: פּופּיק‎‎ m (pupik), נאָפּל‎‎ m (nopl)
• Zhuang: saejndw

See alsoEdit

• innie
• outie

AnagramsEdit

• Alven, Levan, elvan, levan, venal

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DutchEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Middle Dutch navele, navel, from Old Dutch *navalo, from Proto-Germanic *nabalô.

PronunciationEdit

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NounEdit

navel m (plural navels, diminutive naveltje n)

1. navel

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SwedishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Norse nafli.

NounEdit

navel c

1. navel

DeclensionEdit

Declension of navel
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	navel	naveln	navlar	navlarna
Genitive	navels	navelns	navlars	navlarnas