navel

EnglishEdit

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navel

A navel.

Alternative formsEdit

navil (obsolete)

EtymologyEdit

From Middle English navel, navele, from Old English nafola, 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/
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Rhymes: -eɪvəl
Homophone: naval

NounEdit

navel (plural navels)

(anatomy) The indentation or bump remaining in the abdomen of mammals where the umbilical cord was attached before birth.
The central part or point of anything; the middle.
- 1637, John Milton, A Mask presented at Ludlow Castle, 1634:
  Within the navel of this hideous wood,
  Immured in cypress shades, a sorcerer dwells,
  Of Bacchus and Circe born, great Comus
- 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 […]
(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

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
Assamese: নাভি (nabhi)
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)
Chepang: तोय्‌
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, beligo m
Georgian: ჭიპი (č̣iṗi)
German: Bauchnabel (de) m, Nabel (de) m
Greek: ομφαλός (el) m (omfalós)
Ancient: 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
Karachay-Balkar: киндик
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)