Meaning: thigh

Illustrative Context

He slapped his thigh.

Target Sense

• The most generic term for the thigh as a part of the human body, i.e. the upper and thicker part of the leg, between the knee and pelvis.
• In many languages, and as in the illustrative context, the basic term for thigh as a whole can also have a prototypical narrower interpretation, of the ‘front’ of the thigh, upon which one might rest one’s hand. If (and only if) a language has no single overall term, but only different terms specific to either just the front or just the back of the thigh, then select the term for the front. Do not enter terms that refer specifically to the back of the thigh, or extend to referring to the buttocks.
• Give the form applicable to one thigh, as in the illustrative context. Usually this will of course be the singular form; avoid any special dual/plural formations. A dual/plural form should only be given if it is the basic, default form in a given language, which would require additional singulative morphology to refer to just one of the two thighs.
• Avoid technical medical and anatomical terms, and terms specific to the thigh muscle or bone, e.g. femur.
• In some languages the same basic term may also be applicable to the upper part of the legs of some animals. Avoid terms specific to other animals, however, and which are not the default word for the human thigh.
• See also the definitions of the separate IE-CoR meanings knee, mouth, neck and hand.