ubānu  [ŠU.SI : , U : ]  (n. f.)

[Human → Body]

1) a finger ; ubānu rabītu, qablītu, ṣeḫertu, šanītu thumb, middle finger, little finger, index finger ; appi ubāni fingertip ; ṣupur ubāni fingernail ; ubān šēpī toe ; ubān šadê/ḫuršāni peak (mountain) ; ubān damiqti/lemutti tarāṣu to point a finger of good/evil ; 2) a peak ; ubān šaddî : a mountain peak / see also pulukku ;

Cf. ubān qāti

Variants : upānu

Comparison with other Semitic languages :

• Proto-Semitic : ^*bhān "thumb"
• Arabic : ʾibhām  إِبْهام
• Hebrew : bōhen

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