ugna

Italian

Etymology 1

From Vulgar Latin *ungla < Latin ungula (< unguis), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃nogʰ-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈu.ɲa/, [ˈuɲːä]
• Hyphenation: ù‧gna

Noun

ugna f (plural ugne)

1. Obsolete form of unghia.

Etymology 2

Inflected form of the verb ugnare.

Verb

ugna

1. third-person singular present indicative of ugnare
2. second-person singular imperative of ugnare

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Sicilian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *ungla, from Latin ungula (“nail”) or maybe from Spanish uña (“nail”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈuɲɲa/
• Hyphenation: u‧gna

Noun

ugna f (plural ugni)

1. (anatomy) nail
2. few