In Albanian, by Leli: Dorë

This language is spoken in Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, and Montenegro

In Aluku, by Aurore J : Ana

This language is spoken in some villages of French Guiana, along the shore of the Maroni River.

In Armenian, by Lilith: Dzerq (ձեռք)

This language is spoken in Armenia.

In Ateso (or Teso), by Apuda Ignatius Loyola : Akan

This language is spoken in the north east of Uganda and the west of Kenya

Note: plural “akanin”

In Basque, by Karmele Aurtenetxe : Eskua

In Batanga, by Medi: Hinô

This language is spoken in Kribi, Cameroon.

In Berber (Amazigh), by Jebbour Kamal : Afus

In Breton, by Cyril Granoulhac and Luc : Dorn

This language is spoken in Brittany (France)

Note: plural daouarn

In Catalan, by Joan: Mà

In Chinese (Mandarin), by Cyril Granoulhac : Shou, 手

In Chukchi, by Weinstein Charles: myngylgyn

This language is spoken in Chukotka (Russia)

In Comorian (Shikomori), by Dalila Ahamad: Mhono

This language is spoken in the Comoro Islands.

In Cornish, by James Hawken : Dorn

In Croatian, by Cyril Granoulhac : Ruka

In Czech, by Cyril Granoulhac : Ruka

In Duala, by Thomas Priso: Dia

This language is spoken in Cameroon.

Note: “Maa” for plural.

In Dutch (Flemish), by Claudia Ferreira : Hand

This language is spoken in the Netherlands, Belgium, Surinam and the Antilles

In Ese Ejja, by Marine: Eme

This language is spoken in Bolivia and Peru.

Note: Stress on the 2nd syllable. The first ‘e’ tends to disappear in most morphological processes (incorporation, composition; etc…)

In Esperanto, by Javier Vásquez, Mirejo, GoBois and Irvdel: Mano

This language is spoken all around the World

In Fala, by Eusebio Martín: Man

This language is spoken in the North of Extremadura, Spain.

Note: plural Mas

In Finnish, by Cyril Granoulhac : Käsi

In French, by Jessica: Main

In Fula (Pulaar, Fulfulde), by Seydou: junngo, juunngo

This language is spoken in Cameroon, in the Centrafrican Republic, in Chad, Sudan, Nigeria, Niger, Burkina Faso, Mali, Mauritania, Senegal, Gambia, Guinea, Bissau Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Ghana, Togo and Benin.

Note: nyaamo (“which eats”) = right hand; nano (“which feels, perceives”) = left hand

In Galician, by Arancha: Man

This language is spoken in Galicia (Spain).

Note: sometimes pronounced /mao/ (Ourense region)

In German, by Cyril Granoulhac : Hand

In Haitian Creole (kreyol haitien), by Aurore J: Men

This language is spoken in Haiti.

In Hausa, by Odile Benoit-Abdelkader: Hannu

This language is spoken in Niger, Nigeria, northern Cameroon and numerous West-African cities.

In Hebrew, by Fileyssant Anne-Marie : Yad

This language is spoken in Israel.

In Hungarian, by Cyril Granoulhac : Kéz

In Italian, by Cyril Granoulhac and Valérie Rey: Mano

This language is spoken in Italy

Note: la mano, plural le mani

In Japonese, by Cyril Granoulhac : Te, 手

In Kabyle (Taqbaylit), by Idir: Afus

This Berber language is spoken in Algeria.

Note: : plural ‘iffassen’

In Kashmiri, by Hilal Ahmed Sheikh: Athe

This language is spoken in Kashmir, in the north of India

Pronunciation : /aθɪ/

In Kaqchikel, by Pakal B’alam : -q’a’, q’a.b’aj

This language is spoken in the Altiplano region, Guatemala.

In Kiholo (Holu), by Mvwala Katshinga : Kikanda kya kuboku

This language is spoken in the Democratic Republic of Congo and in Angola

Note: Holu is a Bantu language of the group K

In Kinyarwanda, by Mwembe: Ikiganza

This language is spoken in Rwanda.

Note: pl.: “ibiganza”

In Libinza, by Constant Bopima M. Bokoto: Likata

This language is spoken in DR Congo.

Note: “arm” is eboko or loboko

In Malagasy, by Ralalaoherivony Baholisoa: Tanana

This language is spoken in Madagascar.

Note: tonic accent on the first syllable

In Mapuche (Mapudungun), by Alejandra Vergara : cug, cuq

This language is spoken in southern Chili and Argentina (Araucania).

Note: mancug/mancuq (right hand)

In (Yucatec) Maya, by Jhonnatan Rangel : K’ab

This language is spoken in the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico.

In (classical) Nahuatl, by Romane : Maitl

This language is spoken in Mexico.

In Norwegian (Bokmål), by Dominique: Hånd

This language is spoken in Norway.

In Occitan, by James and Teiric: Man

This language is spoken in the Oc Country – or Occitania (France, Italy, Spain)

In Portuguese, by Regina Giglio and Cyril Granoulhac : Mão

This language is spoken in Portugal, Brazil, Guinea-Bissau, Cape Verde, Macau, São Tomé and Príncipe, Mozambique,  East Timor, and in Goa, Daman, Dadrà and Nagar-Haveli (India)

In Punu, by Jean-Louis Mbadinga: Dikake

This language is spoken in the southwest of Gabon

Note: plural Makake

In Quechua, by Andrea Torres and Gloria Caceres: Maki

This language is spoken by Quechua peoples of Peru, Bolivia, and Ecuador

Note : this variant of Quechua is spoken in the Sierra, in the Ecuadorian Andes

In Romanian, by Irina and David: Mână

This language is spoken in Romania and Bessarabia

In Sami, by Heinz Roberg ‎: Giehta

In Serbian, by Cyril Granoulhac : Ruka

In Slovaquian, by Andrea: Ruka

In Spanish, by Eduardo : Mano

In Swahili (Kiswahili), by Tatiana Erika and Mwembe: Mkono

This language is spoken in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, and D.R. Congo.

Note: pl.: “mikono”

In Tuareg (Tamasheq, Tamahaq), by Ibrahim : Afous

This language is spoken in Algeria, Mali, Niger, Libya and Burkina Faso.

In Welsh (Cymraeg), by James: Llaw

This language is spoken in the Wales (Cymru)

Note: The word dwylo (lit. “two hands”) is often used when talking about the hands in general

In Wolof, by Fatou Badiane : Loxo

This language is spoken in Senegal.