"Navel/Bellybutton" in different languages

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Hey guys just wondering to have a topic to share how the navel is referred to in different languages.

I'll go first for some indian languages,

Hindi - **nabhi**

Tamil - **thoppul**

Telugu - **boddu**

I also heard that,

German - **nabel**

Japanese - **heso**

Can others share for languages like French,Italian,Portugese,Chinese etc.,?

bellygirl89

I think another German word for belly button is "bauchnabel"

French: nombril.

Outie = nombril sortie

northshore

Portuguese: umbigo

Spanish: ombligo

Italian: ombelico

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I think another German word for belly button is "bauchnabel"

French: nombril.

Outie = nombril sortie

Thank you for sharing!

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Portuguese: umbigo

Spanish: ombligo

Italian: ombelico

Thank you for sharing!

Berserker

Hungarian: **kÃ¶ldÃ¶k**

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Hungarian: kÃ¶ldÃ¶k

Thank you for sharing!

Bblover

I did a short research and in my opinion the sexiest pronunciation is in the arabic langauge. I think it's pronounced "Surre" Idk why but I kinda liked it :D

TheStarTurtle

Korean: baekkob

Mandarin Chinese: dÃ¹qÃ

Tagalog: pusod

Latin: umbilicus

Hebrew and Czech: pupik (innie)/tabur (outie)

Greek: omphalos

Dutch and Swedish: navel (yeah, literally)

Polish: pępek

Russian: пупок

Irish Gaelic: cnaipe bolg

MikeBrooklyn

My favorite would be Japan's "heso". Especially if they exaggerate the "o".

Safebox

My favorite would be Japan's "heso". Especially if they exaggerate the "o".

I love their word for outie; debeso (でべそ). It just means "outward navel".

Tumppi

Finland: Napa

TheStarTurtle

Hawaiian: 'ōpū pihi
Tahitian: nombril
Vietnamese: rốn
Indonesian: pusar
Malay: pusat
Burmese: hkyet
Māori: pātene kopu
Turkish: gÃ¶bek
Croatian and Serbian: pupak
Romanian: buric
Bulgarian and Ukrainian: pŭp
Armenian: porty
Slovene: popek
Estonian and Latvian: naba
Norwegian: navle

TheStarTurtle

Arabic: sarat albatn

Kurdish: navik

Haitian Creole: lonbrik

Somali: xuddunta

Afrikaans: naeltjie

Swahili/Kiswahili: kitovu

Amharic: imibiriti

Lithuanian: bambukas

JM000

While "nabhi" is more commonly used, another Hindi word for the navel is "tundi".

TheStarTurtle

Samoan: pute

Albanian: kÃ«rthizÃ«

Icelandic: nafli

Nepali: nā'iṭō

TheStarTurtle

Hmong: ntaws
Lao: sai bu
Khmer: phchet
Mongolian: khüis

TheStarTurtle

Running of languages at this point.

Punjabi: dhiḍa baṭana

Thai: S̄adụ̄x

Kazakh: kindik

Lithuanian: bamba

Georgian: ch’ip’i