uvula

Etymology
Borrowed from, diminutive of.

Noun

 * : the fleshy appendage that hangs from the back of the soft palate, that closes the nasopharynx during swallowing
 * 1)  the slight elevation in the mucous membrane immediately behind the internal urethral orifice of the urinary bladder, caused by the middle lobe of the prostate
 * 2)  an object so suspended inside a bell that it may hit the bell and cause it to ring; a clapper
 * 1)  an object so suspended inside a bell that it may hit the bell and cause it to ring; a clapper

Usage notes

 * The Oxford English Dictionary (second edition, 1989) marks this word as not naturalized in English.

Translations

 * Adyghe: бзэгужъый
 * Arabic: لَهَاة
 * Egyptian Arabic: لغلوغة
 * Aragonese:
 * Armenian:
 * Assamese: আলজিভা
 * Asturian: campanín
 * Azerbaijani: dilçək
 * Belarusian: язычо́к
 * Breton: hugenn, hogedenn
 * Bulgarian: мъже́ц
 * Catalan:, , ,
 * Central Melanau: aneak tengad
 * Cherokee:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: uvulo
 * Estonian: kurgunibu
 * Faroese: úlvsur, úlvur
 * Finnish:
 * French:, ,
 * Galician: úvula, campaíña, pinguel, galiño, galillo, pingallón
 * Georgian: ენის კლიტე, ნაქი, სასის ნაქი
 * German: Gaumenzäpfchen,
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: γαργαρεών
 * Gujarati: પડજીભ
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian:, ,
 * Icelandic:
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian:, ,
 * Iranun: mananalu
 * Irish: sine siain
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:, ,
 * Kazakh: тілше
 * Khmer:
 * Kimaragang: langguk
 * Korean:
 * Kurdish:
 * Northern Kurdish:
 * Lotud: landuk, angguk-angguk
 * Macedonian: у́вула
 * Malay:, anak tekak,
 * Manchu: ᡳᠯᠮᠠᡥᠠ
 * Maori: miramira
 * Mongolian:
 * Cyrillic: хүүхэн хэл
 * Navajo: adáziz
 * Norwegian:
 * Occitan: uvula, uèla,
 * Persian:, زبان کوچک
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Punjabi:
 * Romanian: ,
 * Romansch:
 * Rungus: llangguk
 * Russian:, нёбный язычо́к, у́вула, нёбная заве́са
 * Saanich: MELḰ
 * Scottish Gaelic: cìoch-shlugain
 * Serbo-Croatian:, увула
 * Slovak: čapík
 * Slovene: uvula
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swahili: kilimi
 * Swedish:, tungspene
 * Tagal Murut: taruk tantalanan
 * Tagalog: kuntil, tilao
 * Tamil:
 * Telugu: ,
 * Thai:
 * Timugon Murut: taruk tantalanan
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian:
 * Urdu:
 * Uyghur: كىچىك تىل
 * Vietnamese:
 * Volapük: lüät
 * Welsh: tafodig, tafod bach
 * West Coast Bajau: pegad
 * West Frisian: hûch
 * Yiddish: אוּוווּלע
 * Zhuang: linxgaeq

Etymology
, diminutive of. , another borrowing.

Noun

 * , palatine uvula

Etymology
From.

Etymology
From, diminutive of.

Noun

 * 1)  Uvula appendage that hangs from the palate