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English
Different sizes of handsaws
Etymology 1
From Middle English handsawe handsagh hand saw West Frisian hânseage ( “ handsaw ” ) , Dutch handzaag ( “ handsaw ” ) ,
German Handsäge ( “ handsaw ” ) , Danish håndsav ( “ handsaw ” ) , Swedish handsåg ( “ handsaw ” ) , Icelandic handsög ( “ handsaw ” ) .
Noun
handsaw (plural handsaws
A saw small enough to be used by one hand.
Coordinate terms
Translations
saw small enough to be used by one hand
Afrikaans: handsaag
Albanian: sharrë dore
Azerbaijani: əl bıçqısı əl mişarı xırxı
Belarusian: нажо́ўка f ( nažóŭka )
Bulgarian: ръчен трион ( rǎčen trion )
Catalan: xerrac (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 手鋸 ／ 手锯 (zh) ( shǒujù )
Czech: viděl (cs) f ruční pila f
Dutch: handzaag (nl) f
Estonian: käsisaag vukssaag
Finnish: käsisaha (fi)
French: égoïne (fr) f scie à main f scie égoïne (fr) f
Galician: serrón m
Georgian: ხელის ხერხი ( xelis xerxi )
German: Fuchsschwanz (de) m Handsäge (de) f
Hindi: देखा ( dekhā )
Hungarian: fűrész (hu)
Indonesian: gergaji (id)
Irish: sábh láimhe m
Italian: saracco m
Japanese: 手びきのこ ( てびきのこ, tebikinoko ) , 手のこぎり ( てのこぎり, tenokogiri )
Malay: gergaji (ms)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: håndsag m or f handsag m or f
Nynorsk: handsag f
Ottoman Turkish: دستره ( destere )
Persian: دستره (fa) ( dastare ) , دست اره ( dast-arre )
Polish: piła (pl) f
Portuguese: serrote (pt) m
Romanian: fierăstrău de mână n
Russian: ножо́вка (ru) f ( nožóvka ) , ручна́я пила́ f ( ručnája pilá )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: тестера f
Roman: testera (sh) f
Spanish: serrucho (es) m
Swedish: fogsvans (sv) c handsåg (sv) c
Tagalog: nakakita nakita
Thai: ปื้น ( bpeuun )
Turkish: testere (tr) , destere
Ukrainian: ножі́вка (uk) f ( nožívka )
Uzbek: qoʻllarra
Vietnamese: cưa tay
Welsh: llawlif f
Etymology 2
Corruption of heronshaw
Noun
handsaw (plural handsaws
( obsolete ) heron .
c. 1600 William Shakespeare , Hamlet , act II, scene II:When the wind is southerly, I know a hawk from a handsaw .
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