Body Parts

1. pea

   Head

   Usage

   Show it and point at your head. Mul valutab pea means my head hurts; a headache is peavalu

   Grammar Note

   The genitive is also pea, and it fronts compounds like peavalu, headache

2. juuksed

   Hair

   Usage

   The salon word. It is normally plural; the singular juus means one single hair

3. nägu

   Face

   Usage

   For the whole face at a clinic or salon; the genitive is näo

4. silm

   Eye

   Usage

   For the eye doctor; both eyes together are silmad

5. kõrv

   Ear

   Usage

   Earache is kõrvavalu — also the card to point at after a painful descent on a flight

6. nina

   Nose

   Usage

   A runny nose is nohu and a nosebleed is ninaverejooks

7. suu

   Mouth

   Usage

   For the dentist or a mouth ulcer. Avage suu means open your mouth

8. hammas

   Tooth

   Usage

   The dentist is hambaarst; Mul valutab hammas means my tooth hurts

   Grammar Note

   The genitive hamba is what compounds are built on: hambaarst, dentist; hambavalu, toothache

9. keel

   Tongue

   Usage

   For showing your tongue at an exam. The same word means language: eesti keel, Estonian

10. kael

    Neck

    Usage

    The outside of the neck; Estonian keeps it separate from kurk, the throat

11. kurk

    Throat

    Usage

    A sore throat is kurguvalu. The same spelling also means cucumber, so context decides

12. õlg

    Shoulder

    Usage

    Point here for a shoulder massage; both shoulders are õlad

    Grammar Note

    The letter õ is specific to Estonian and absent from Finnish — do not swap it for o

13. käsivars

    Arm

    Usage

    The arm from shoulder to wrist. Everyday speech often just says käsi, so use this card when you need to be precise

14. küünarnukk

    Elbow

    Usage

    Point here after landing on your elbow

15. käsi

    Hand

    Usage

    The hand, though käsi can stretch to the whole arm. The genitive is käe

16. sõrm

    Finger

    Usage

    A finger on the hand; a toe is a different word, varvas

17. varvas

    Toe

    Usage

    For a stubbed toe or a blister; the genitive is varba

18. küüs

    Nail

    Usage

    Also the salon word; the genitive is küüne, as heard alongside maniküür

19. rindkere

    Chest

    Usage

    The rib cage. Chest pain is triaged first in an ER, so point without hesitating

20. kõht

    Belly

    Usage

    The belly from outside. Mul on kõhuvalu, I have a stomach ache; the organ itself is magu

21. selg

    Back

    Usage

    The back as a whole; the lower back is alaselg

22. alaselg

    Lower back

    Usage

    ala, lower, plus selg, back — the card for lumbago and lower-back pain

23. tagumik

    Buttocks

    Usage

    The neutral word you hear when an injection goes in the buttock; not a crude term

24. jalg

    Leg

    Usage

    Estonian jalg covers the leg and the foot alike; use labajalg when only the foot is meant

25. põlv

    Knee

    Usage

    Mul valutab põlv, my knee hurts — a common casualty of icy winter pavements

26. labajalg

    Foot

    Usage

    The foot below the ankle, for when jalg would be ambiguous

27. pahkluu

    Ankle

    Usage

    The card for a sprain — the old town cobbles turn ankles easily

28. nahk

    Skin

    Usage

    For a rash, lööve, or sunburn; the genitive is naha

29. luu

    Bone

    Usage

    A fracture is luumurd, which also appears in the Health & Hospital category. Point here when asking for an X-ray

30. veri

    Blood

    Usage

    A blood test is vereanalüüs and bleeding is verejooks; the genitive is vere

31. süda

    Heart

    Usage

    For declaring a heart condition; the same stem as südamehaigus in the Health & Hospital category

32. magu

    Stomach

    Usage

    The organ; the belly you can point at is kõht. The genitive is mao

33. sooled

    Intestines

    Usage

    Used in the plural; the singular is sool. The word a doctor reaches for when you report diarrhoea

34. kops

    Lung

    Usage

    Pneumonia is kopsupõletik; often needed alongside astma, asthma

35. maks

    Liver

    Usage

    For explaining a condition or medication. The same spelling also means payment or tax, so make the medical context clear

36. neer

    Kidney

    Usage

    A kidney stone is neerukivi — the doctor will ask about it when you report flank pain

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