dorsum

Etymology
Borrowing from.

Noun

 * 1)  The back or dorsal region on the surface of an animal.
 * 2) The back of the tongue, used for articulating dorsal consonants.
 * 3) The top of the foot or the back of the hand.
 * 4)  A ridge on a hill, or on the surface of a planet or moon.
 * 5)  Theta Capricorni, a star on the back of the Goat.
 * 1)  Theta Capricorni, a star on the back of the Goat.

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * German: ,


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * German: Dorsum linguae, , Zungenrücken


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ;


 * German:

Etymology 1
From, probably derived from < , with a semantic shift from "turned away from" > "back". Ramat notes that the two terms' contemporaneous use suggests that one was not a phonetic development of the other; however, de Vaan explains this as a case of lexical differentiation in the written and by extension spoken forms. A potential connection with a 🇨🇬, giving 🇨🇬, is unclear.

Noun

 * 1)  the back
 * 2)  the ridge, summit of a hill, a reef in the sea; any elevation