tannga lima

Makasar

Etymology

Compound of tannga (“middle”) +‎ lima (“hand”)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˌtaŋŋa ˈlima/
Hyphenation: tang‧nga, li‧ma

Noun

tannga lima (Lontara spelling ᨈᨂ ᨒᨗᨆ)

(anatomy) middle finger

Related terms

anrong lima (“mother finger”)
kaningking (“little finger, pinky”)
paccincingang (“ring finger”)
panjoʼjoʼ (“index finger”)

Further reading

Cense, A. A. (1979), Makassaars-Nederlands woordenboek, 's-Gravenhage: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN