Toe in Different Languages
Discover 'Toe' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Toe
Afrikaans aan | ||
Albanian te | ||
Amharic ወደ | ||
Arabic إلى | ||
Armenian դեպի | ||
Assamese তেতিয়া | ||
Aymara ukata | ||
Azerbaijani üçün | ||
Bambara o de kosɔn | ||
Basque ra | ||
Belarusian да | ||
Bengali প্রতি | ||
Bhojpuri तब | ||
Bosnian do | ||
Bulgarian да се | ||
Catalan a | ||
Cebuano sa | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 至 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 至 | ||
Corsican à | ||
Croatian do | ||
Czech na | ||
Danish til | ||
Dhivehi އޭރު | ||
Dogri अदूं | ||
Dutch toe | ||
English toe | ||
Esperanto al | ||
Estonian kuni | ||
Ewe ɣe ma ɣi | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) pagkatapos | ||
Finnish että | ||
French à | ||
Frisian nei | ||
Galician a | ||
Georgian რომ | ||
German zu | ||
Greek προς το | ||
Guarani upéicharõ | ||
Gujarati પ્રતિ | ||
Haitian Creole a | ||
Hausa zuwa | ||
Hawaiian i | ||
Hebrew ל | ||
Hindi सेवा | ||
Hmong rau | ||
Hungarian nak nek | ||
Icelandic til | ||
Igbo ka | ||
Ilocano no kasta | ||
Indonesian untuk | ||
Irish chun | ||
Italian per | ||
Japanese に | ||
Javanese kanggo | ||
Kannada ಗೆ | ||
Kazakh дейін | ||
Khmer ទៅ | ||
Kinyarwanda hanyuma | ||
Konkani मागीर | ||
Korean ...에 | ||
Krio dɔn | ||
Kurdish ber | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) ئەو کات | ||
Kyrgyz чейин | ||
Lao ເຖິງ | ||
Latin ut | ||
Latvian uz | ||
Lingala na nsima | ||
Lithuanian į | ||
Luganda awo | ||
Luxembourgish an | ||
Macedonian до | ||
Maithili तखन | ||
Malagasy ny | ||
Malay ke | ||
Malayalam ടു | ||
Maltese għal | ||
Maori ki | ||
Marathi करण्यासाठी | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯑꯗꯨ ꯑꯣꯏꯔꯕꯗꯤ | ||
Mizo tichuan | ||
Mongolian руу | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) ရန် | ||
Nepali लाई | ||
Norwegian til | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) kuti | ||
Odia (Oriya) ତାପରେ | ||
Oromo yommuus | ||
Pashto ته | ||
Persian به | ||
Polish do | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) para | ||
Punjabi ਨੂੰ | ||
Quechua chaynaqa | ||
Romanian la | ||
Russian к | ||
Samoan i le | ||
Sanskrit तदा | ||
Scots Gaelic gu | ||
Sepedi gona | ||
Serbian до | ||
Sesotho ho | ||
Shona ku | ||
Sindhi جي طرف | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) දක්වා | ||
Slovak do | ||
Slovenian do | ||
Somali ku | ||
Spanish a | ||
Sundanese ka | ||
Swahili kwa | ||
Swedish till | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) sa | ||
Tajik ба | ||
Tamil க்கு | ||
Tatar аннары | ||
Telugu కు | ||
Thai ถึง | ||
Tigrinya ሽዑ | ||
Tsonga kutani | ||
Turkish -e | ||
Turkmen soň | ||
Twi (Akan) enneɛ | ||
Ukrainian до | ||
Urdu کرنے کے لئے | ||
Uyghur ئاندىن | ||
Uzbek ga | ||
Vietnamese đến | ||
Welsh i | ||
Xhosa ukuya | ||
Yiddish צו | ||
Yoruba si | ||
Zulu uku |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The Afrikaans word "aan" (toe) is derived from the Dutch word "teen", which also means "toe". |
| Albanian | The Albanian word "te" can also mean "this" or "the". |
| Amharic | "ወደ" can also mean "until," "into," or "up to" |
| Arabic | The word "إلى" can also mean "towards" or "until" in Arabic. |
| Armenian | The word "դեպի" can also mean "towards" or "in the direction of" in Armenian. |
| Azerbaijani | "Üçün" means "third" in the Turkish language, and it is thought to have the same origin as the word "three" in English. |
| Basque | The word "ra" can also mean "step", "path" or "way" in Basque. |
| Belarusian | The word "да" in Belarusian, in addition to meaning "toe", can also mean a foot, paw, pedal or base of a pillar. |
| Bengali | "প্রতি" also means "in place of", "toward" and "at the beginning of a line" in Bengali. |
| Bosnian | In Bosnian, "do" is used in the expression "da do" meaning "to give". |
| Bulgarian | "Da se" also means "to exist" and derives from Proto-Indo-European "*dʰe" meaning "to place, put down." |
| Catalan | The word "a" in Catalan also means "to" or "towards". |
| Cebuano | "Sa" also means "three" when the quantity is unknown or uncertain, similar to English's "some." |
| Chinese (Simplified) | The Chinese character 至, pronounced 'zhi', can also mean 'arrive' or 'the ultimate'. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | The character "至" also means "to arrive" or "the utmost" in Chinese. |
| Corsican | The Corsican word "à" can also be used to refer to the foot as a whole, or to a footprint. |
| Croatian | In Croatian, the word "do" can also mean "until" or "before" depending on context. |
| Czech | In Sanskrit, the word "na" means "to know", which may be related to the fact that the toe is the most tactile and perceptive part of the foot. |
| Danish | "Til" is a homonym in Danish, meaning both "toe" and "to" |
| Dutch | Teun is a Dutch name meaning “follower” or “descendant,” and Toen is a variant of Teun. |
| Esperanto | "Al" derives from Old English "æl", meaning an ell, or the length of the forearm from the elbow to the tip of the middle finger. |
| Estonian | The Estonian word "kuni" also means "until" and is related to the Finnish word "kun", which has the same meaning. |
| Finnish | The word "että" also means "that" in Finnish, leading to potential confusion in speech and writing. |
| French | The French word "à" also means "at". |
| Frisian | The West Frisian word "nei" also means "near" and "no". |
| Galician | The Galician word "a" can also refer to a "foot" or a "step". |
| Georgian | "რომ" can also mean "to fall" or "to break" in Georgian. |
| German | The word "zu" can also mean "to" or "too" in German, and is derived from the Middle High German word "zuo". |
| Greek | In Cypriot Greek, "προς το" can also mean "near to" or "close to". |
| Gujarati | The word "પ્રતિ" (toe) in Gujarati may also refer to a "verse" or "stanza" in a poetic composition. |
| Haitian Creole | The word "a" in Haitian Creole can also refer to the foot or leg in a more general sense. |
| Hausa | The Hausa word 'zuwa' may also refer to the 'ankle' |
| Hawaiian | The word 'i' also means 'desire', 'will', 'intention' or 'purpose'. |
| Hebrew | The Hebrew word "ל" refers not only to the anatomical structure of a toe but also to the verb "to take". |
| Hindi | The Hindi word "सेवा" (sēvā) is ultimately derived from the Sanskrit word "सेवा" (sēvā), meaning "service" or "devotion". |
| Hmong | It can also mean nail, talon, or hoof, and it is the second syllable in the word "raubis" meaning "fingernail". |
| Hungarian | "Nak" also means "suddenly" in Hungarian. |
| Icelandic | The word "til" in Icelandic can also refer to a fingernail or toenail as well as the toe itself. |
| Igbo | "Ka" can also mean "to" or "toward" in Igbo. |
| Indonesian | The Indonesian word "untuk" has a second meaning: "for". |
| Irish | The Irish word "chun" is thought to be derived from the Old Irish word "cenn" meaning "head" or "top", reflecting the position of the toe at the end of the foot. |
| Italian | In Latin, "per" can also mean "through" or "by way of." |
| Japanese | The kanji for "toe" (に, pronounced ni), also means "two" when written as "二" in Japanese. |
| Javanese | Kanggo is also a Javanese classifier specifying a measure for small things, such as fruits or vegetables. |
| Kannada | The word 'ಗೆ' also means 'end' or 'completion' in Kannada. |
| Kazakh | Kazakh "дейін" not only means "toe", but also "point" or "direction". |
| Khmer | "ទៅ" can mean toe, to go, or to head towards a location. |
| Korean | '에' can also mean 'place' or 'at' when attached to locations, such as '집에', which means 'at home'. |
| Kurdish | The word "ber" in Kurdish is derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *peh₂, meaning "foot" or "leg". |
| Kyrgyz | In Kyrgyz, "чейин" also carries the secondary meaning of "footprint". |
| Lao | The Lao word "ເຖິງ" can also refer to the tips of bamboo shoots or the ends of elephant tusks. |
| Latin | In Latin, "ut" also means "as" or "just as", and is used to introduce a comparative clause. |
| Latvian | The word "uz" in Latvian also refers to a "knob" or small protrusion on an object. |
| Lithuanian | "Į" can also mean "into" in Lithuanian. |
| Luxembourgish | The word "an" in Luxembourgish also has the alternate meaning of "at" when used in conjunction with the preposition "bei". |
| Macedonian | "До" (toe) in Macedonian can also mean "to" or "up to". |
| Malagasy | "Ny" is a noun that can refer to the toe or a foot in Malagasy. |
| Malay | The Malay word "ke" can also mean "towards" or "to". |
| Malayalam | "ടു" in Malayalam can also refer to the number four, a measurement for weight (80 lbs), and the fourth day of the lunar week. |
| Maltese | The word "għal" in Maltese can also mean a "part" or an "amount" of something. |
| Maori | In Maori, the word "ki" has the additional meaning of "to" or "towards". |
| Marathi | करण्यासाठी (toe) comes from the Sanskrit word karana, meaning "to do" or "to make". |
| Mongolian | The word "руу" also refers to the "base" of a mountain or tree. |
| Myanmar (Burmese) | The word "ရန်" can also mean "enemy" or "opponent" in Myanmar (Burmese). |
| Nepali | लाई ("toe") is also used to refer to the number "five" and the act of counting to five. |
| Norwegian | Norwegian "til" can also refer to planks or a floor, deriving from Old Norse "thiull" or the Proto-Germanic "*thiluz" |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | Nyanja word "kuti" also refers to the part of a shoe that covers the toes. |
| Pashto | The Pashto word "ته" can also mean "dust" or "powder". |
| Persian | In Persian, "به" (toe) also means "to" or "towards" as a preposition. |
| Polish | The Polish word "do" can also mean "to" or "until." |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | The word "para" also means "stop" in Portuguese, derived from the Latin word "parare" meaning "to prepare" or "to make ready." |
| Punjabi | ਨੂੰ is also a postposition indicating indirect objects |
| Romanian | The Romanian word "la" also means "by" and likely derives from Latin "ad"} |
| Russian | In ancient times, it was believed that if you kicked off the right foot in front of your house three times it would bring good luck. |
| Samoan | The word "i le" can also refer to the "foot" or "leg" in Samoan. |
| Scots Gaelic | In Scottish Gaelic, "gu" refers to the little toe specifically and is cognate with the Welsh word "gwddf" meaning "throat". |
| Serbian | "До" is the Serbian word for "toe" and also the first syllable of the word "долази" meaning "to come". |
| Sesotho | "Ho" (pronounced with high-tone) means "toe"; however, when pronounced with a mid tone (i.e. "hó"), this word means an exclamation used similarly to "bravo!" or "well-said!" |
| Shona | Ku can also refer to the end part of a thread or cord. |
| Sindhi | The word "جي طرف" can also refer to a small piece of metal or wood at the end of a string used in traditional Sindhi hand games. |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The word 'දක්වා' ('toe') in Sinhala also holds the meaning of 'up to' or 'until' when used in a temporal sense |
| Slovak | The word "do" also means "then, consequently" in Slovak. |
| Slovenian | In Slovenian, 'do' also means 'of', 'to', or 'until'. |
| Somali | A 'ku' is not only a toe in Somali but also a prefix for body parts, e.g., ku-dheer (tall), ku-weyn (big), ku-gaaban (short), etc. |
| Spanish | The word "a" in Spanish also refers to the letter "a" in the Spanish alphabet, and the first note in the musical scale. |
| Sundanese | The Sundanese word "ka" can also mean "leg" or "foot" in other contexts. |
| Swahili | The Swahili word "kwa" can also mean "at" or "to" when used as a preposition. |
| Swedish | The Swedish word "till" can also refer to "until", meaning a point in time, as in "till måndag", "until Monday". |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | In ancient Tagalog, "sa" referred to the body parts of "fingers" and "toes". |
| Tajik | In colloquial Tajik, the word "ба" can also refer to a "foot" as an extension of a limb. |
| Tamil | The verb form of "க்கு" ("to touch or strike with the foot") shares the same etymological root. |
| Telugu | In Telugu, "కు" also means "a kind of grass, sedge" and "a heap". |
| Thai | Historically, the word "ถึง" could refer to "toes"; "fingers"; "branches of a tree"; or "a point or destination". The modern-day meaning ("toes") emerged later. |
| Turkish | -e word is the Turkish equivalent of the word "toe" in English. However, it can also mean "skirt" or "hem" in some Turkic languages such as Azerbaijani and Kazakh. |
| Ukrainian | The Ukrainian word "до" (toe) is also used figuratively to mean "to the point" or "up to the mark". |
| Urdu | The word "toe" comes from the Old English word "ta", which means "twig" or "shoot". |
| Uzbek | "Ga" in Uzbek can also mean "place, location" or "space, room". |
| Vietnamese | The Sino-Vietnamese word "đến" can also mean "to arrive" or "to reach a conclusion", which is a homophone with the Vietnamese word "đến" meaning "toe". |
| Welsh | In Welsh, "i" means both "me, I” (a personal pronoun) and the "toe". This dual meaning is thought to derive from the concept that the toes are seen as extensions of the self, connecting the body to the ground and to the world. |
| Xhosa | The word "ukuya" can also refer to the "foot" or "leg" in the Xhosa language. |
| Yiddish | In Yiddish, the word "צו" ("tsu") can also refer to a commandment or directive. |
| Yoruba | The Yoruba word "si" can also refer to the base or root of a plant, or a piece of land. |
| Zulu | Uku additionally signifies a small quantity, like a tiny bit of food. |
| English | The word "toe" comes from the Old English word "ta," meaning "twig" or "branch." |