uinnean

From Middle Irish uinneman, uinniún. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɯɲan/

uinnean m (genitive singular uinnein, plural uinneanan)

1. onion
2. (Lochbroom, anatomy) ball of the ankle
3. (Wester Ross) anvil
4. bunion on the foot

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “uinnean”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “uinneman”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “uinniún”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language