little finger

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Etymology

From Middle English litile fynge, litil fyngir.

Noun

little finger (plural little fingers)

2. The outermost and smallest finger of the hand, next to the ring finger, farthest from the thumb.

   Synonyms: auricular, digit V, ear finger, fifth digit, fourth finger, mercurial finger, pinkie, pinkie finger; see also Thesaurus:little finger

Derived terms

• wrap around one's little finger

 

Translations

outermost and smallest finger of the hand

• Alabama: ilbochòosi
• Arabic: خِنْصِر m (ḵinṣir)

  Egyptian Arabic: خنصر m (ḵinṣar)

• Aramaic: ܚܨܪܐ m (ḥeṣrāʾ)
• Armenian: ճկույթ (hy) (čkuytʻ)
• Bashkir: сәтәкәй (sətəkəy)
• Basque: atxiki
• Belarusian: мязі́нец m (mjazínjec)
• Bikol Central: gigis (bcl)
• Breton: biz-bihan (br) m
• Brunei Malay: jari kalingking
• Bulgarian: ку́тре (bg) n (kútre), ма́лък пръ́ст m (málǎk prǎ́st), мале́шка f (maléška)
• Burmese: လက်သန်း (my) (laksan:)
• Catalan: dit petit (ca) m, menovell (ca) m
• Central Melanau: tujok ingeh
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 小指 (siu² zi²), 手指尾 (sau² zi² mei^5-1), 尾指 (mei^5-1 zi²)

  Hakka: 手指尾 (sú-chṳ́-mî, sú-chí-mî)

  Hokkien: 尾指 (zh-min-nan) (bóe-cháiⁿ, bé-cháiⁿ), 尾指仔 (bóe-cháiⁿ-á, bé-cháiⁿ-á), 尾指指 (bóe-chéng-cháiⁿ, bé-chéng-cháiⁿ), 尾指指仔 (bóe-chéng-cháiⁿ-á, bé-chéng-cháiⁿ-á), 煞尾指 (soah-bóe-cháiⁿ), 尾指頭仔／尾指头仔 (bóe-chéng-thâu-á), 尾抅仔 (bé-niuh--á), 不吉 (put-kiat)

  Mandarin: 小指 (zh) (xiǎozhǐ), 小拇指 (zh) (xiǎomǔzhǐ), 小拇哥 (xiǎomǔgē) (slang), 小手指 (xiǎoshǒuzhǐ) (rare), 尾指 (zh) (wěizhǐ)

• Classical Nahuatl: mahpiltōntli
• Coptic: ⲥⲁⲗⲟⲩⲡⲓⲛ m (saloupin)
• Crimean Tatar: kiçik parmaq
• Czech: malík (cs) m, malíček (cs) m
• Danish: lillefinger (da)
• Dolgan: ылгын чөмүйэ (ılgın çömüye)
• Dutch: pink (nl) m
• Esperanto: malgranda fingro, etfingro (eo)
• Estonian: väike sõrm
• Finnish: pikkusormi (fi), pikkurilli (fi)
• French: petit doigt (fr) m, auriculaire (fr) m
• Galician: maimiño (gl) m, molecrín m, velleco m
• Georgian: ნეკი (neḳi), ნეკა თითი (neḳa titi)
• German: kleiner Finger (de) m
• Greek: μικρός (el) m (mikrós)
• Hebrew: זרת (he) f (zéret)
• Hindi: कानी उँगली f (kānī uṅglī), कानी (hi) f (kānī), छिगुनी (hi) f (chigunī), कनिष्ठिका (hi) f (kaniṣṭhikā), कनिष्ठा (hi) f (kaniṣṭhā)
• Hungarian: kisujj (hu)
• Icelandic: litlifingur (is) m
• Ido: mikrafingro (io), orelofingro (io)
• Ilocano: kikit
• Indonesian: jari kelingking (id)
• Ingrian: pikkurilli
• Interlingua: digito auricular, auricular
• Irish: méar bheag f
• Italian: mignolo (it) m, dito mignolo m
• Japanese: 小指 (ja) (こゆび, koyubi)
• Javanese: jenthik (jv), klingking (jv)
• Kankanaey: palpal-iking
• Kazakh: шынашақ (şynaşaq)
• Korean: 새끼손가락 (ko) (saekkison'garak), 소지(小指) (ko) (soji)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: تووتە (ckb) (tûte)

  Northern Kurdish: qilîçk f

• Latin: digitulus m
• Laz: წულუ კითი (ǯulu ǩiti)
• Limos Kalinga: pasengsengket
• Macedonian: мал пр́ст m (mal pŕst)
• Malay: jari kelengkeng (ms)
• Maltese: saba’ żgħir m
• Manchu: ᡶᡳᠶᠠᠩᡤᡡ
  ᠰᡳᠮᡥᡠᠨ (fiyanggū simhun), ᡶᡳᠶᠠᠩᡤᡡ (fiyanggū)
• Maori: kōiti
• Marathi: करंगळी f (karaṅgḷī)
• Mokilese: jandiski
• Navajo: áláyáázh
• Neapolitan: mignulìllo m, dito piccerillo m
• Ngazidja Comorian: shaya sha ntsa class 7/8
• Nias: turu siakhi (nia)
• Norman: p'tit dé m (Jersey), p'tit quérouin m (Guernsey)
• Northern Sami: čelččen
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: lillefinger m

  Nynorsk: veslefinger m

• Old English: lȳtel finger m
• Pitjantjatjara: maṟa ngaḻi
• Polish: mały palec (pl) m inan
• Portuguese: dedo mínimo (pt) m, mínimo (pt) m, dedo auricular (pt) m; (Brazil, informal) mindinho (pt) m, minguinho m
• Romanian: deget mic n
• Russian: мизи́нец (ru) m (mizínec)
• Salar: sece burmaq
• Scots: pinkie
• Scottish Gaelic: lùdag f, luad m, corra-mheur f, gilceag f, lùidean m, brideagaidh f, cuisteag f, lùdan m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: мали прст m, малић m

  Roman: mali prst m, malić m

• Sindhi: چِيچَ f
• Slovak: malíček (sk) m
• Slovene: mezinec (sl) m
• Southern Kalinga: paiing
• Southern Altai: чычалык (čïčalïk)
• Spanish: dedo meñique de la mano m, meñique de la mano m, dedo auricular m, meñique (es) m
• Sranan Tongo: pikinfinga
• Sundanese: cingir (su)
• Swahili: kidole cha mwisho
• Swedish: lillfinger (sv)
• Tagalog: kalingkingan, hinliliit
• Thai: นิ้วก้อย (th) (níu-gɔ̂ɔi)
• Tigrinya: ሕንጥሊቶ (ḥənṭəlito), ሕንጥል ሕንጥሊቶ (ḥənṭəl ḥənṭəlito)
• Turkish: serçe parmak (tr), küçük parmak (tr)
• Turkmen: külembike
• Ukrainian: мізи́нець m (mizýnecʹ)
• Vietnamese: ngón út (vi), ngón tay út (vi)
• Volapük: rikül (vo)
• Welsh: bys bach m, clustfys m
• West Frisian: pink
• Yakan: kingking
• Yakut: ылгын-чыгыйа (ılgın-cıgıya)
• Yup'ik: iqelquq