Max #1 wrote:
> I have a question about fingers:
>
> How common is it in languages of the world to have diffenrent names for
> the
> 4 other fingers than the thumb? Names that are not only a distinction of
> sizes or order?
>
Indonesian and some of its relatives have a distinct word for (the 4)
fingers, but the thumb is called "mother/father of the hand/fingers".
There are sometimes distinct names for the various fingers; I only recall
specific terms for the index (related to 'point') and the pinkie.