heli

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See also: Heli, hélǐ, heli-, and héli-

English

Noun

heli (plural helis)

  1. Clipping of helicopter.
    • 1990 September, “Helicopter section”, in Model Airplane News, page 91:
      HERE’S A GREAT shot of our author Dave Ramsey, who seems to be doing the impossible—flying two helis simultaneously! Actually, he isnt’t; a flying buddy maneuvered his machine into the shot, just to create the illusion.
    • 2010, Bob Shepherd, M. P. Sabga, The Infidel, Simon & Schuster, published 2011, →ISBN, page 175:
      ‘We saw two helis flying north a few weeks back,’ John offered. ‘An Apache and a Chinook. We figured they were hunting al-Qaeda.’
    • 2011, Chris Ryan, Killing for the Company, Coronet, →ISBN, page 308:
      Two helis, both coming in sharp and from a great height. One looked like a Puma; the other, smaller and hovering just above and behind in a chaperone position, was clearly an Apache.

Synonyms

Related terms

Catalan

Chemical element
He
Previous: hidrogen (H)
Next: liti (Li)

Pronunciation

Noun

heli m (uncountable)

  1. helium

Dutch

Etymology

Clipping of helikopter.

Pronunciation

  • (file)
  • IPA(key): /ˈɦeːli/
  • Hyphenation: he‧li

Noun

heli m (plural heli's, diminutive helietje n)

  1. chopper

Estonian

Etymology

Same root as in hele. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

heli (genitive heli, partitive heli)

  1. sound
  2. (music) note, tone

Declension

Declension of heli (ÕS type 17/elu, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative heli helid
accusative nom.
gen. heli
genitive helide
partitive heli helisid
illative helli
helisse
helidesse
inessive helis helides
elative helist helidest
allative helile helidele
adessive helil helidel
ablative helilt helidelt
translative heliks helideks
terminative helini helideni
essive helina helidena
abessive helita helideta
comitative heliga helidega

Derived terms

Further reading

  • heli”, in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009

Middle English

Adjective

heli

  1. (chiefly Northern) Alternative form of holy (sacred)

Salar

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

  • (Jiezi, Gaizi, Jishi, Chahandusi, Mengda, Baizhuang, Xunhua, Qinghai) IPA(key):
  • (Jiezi, Gaizi, Chahandusi, Baizhuang, Xunhua, Qinghai) IPA(key):
  • (Chahandusi, Xunhua, Qinghai) IPA(key):
  • (Dazhuang, Mengda, Xunhua, Qinghai) IPA(key): ,
  • (Ili, Yining, Xinjiang) IPA(key): , ,

Noun

heli

  1. money

References

  • Tenishev, Edhem (1976) “heli”, in Stroj salárskovo jazyká [Grammar of Salar], Moscow, pages 224, 333
  • 林 (Lin), 莲云 (Lianyun) (1985) “heli”, in 撒拉语简志 [A Brief History of Salar]‎, Beijing: 民族出版社: 琴書店, →OCLC, page 11
  • 马伟 (Ma Wei), 朝克 (Chao Ke) (2016) “heli”, in 濒危语言——撒拉语研究 [Endangered Languages ​​- Salar Language Studies], 青海 (Qinghai): 国家社会科学基金项目 (National Social Science Foundation Project), page 280
  • Ma, Chengjun, Han, Lianye, Ma, Weisheng (December 2010) “heli”, in 米娜瓦尔 艾比布拉 (Minavar Abibra), editor, 撒维汉词典 (Sāwéihàncídiǎn) [Salar-Uyghur-Chinese dictionary], 1st edition, Beijing, →ISBN, page 133
  • Yakup, Abdurishid (2002) “heli”, in An Ili Salar Vocabulary: Introduction and a Provisional Salar-English Lexicon, Tokyo: University of Tokyo, →ISBN, pages 111-112

Tetum

Verb

heli

  1. to hide

Uneapa

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *keli, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *keli, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kali, from Proto-Austronesian *kalih.

Pronunciation

Verb

heli

  1. to dig

Further reading

Vietnamese

Chemical element
He
Previous: hiđro (H)
Next: liti (Li)

Etymology

Ultimately from New Latin helium, with the suffix -um removed as with most chemical elements.

Pronunciation

Noun

heli

  1. helium

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *sālos (salt water), from Proto-Indo-European *séh₂ls (salt). Doublet of halen (salt).

Pronunciation

Noun

heli m (not mutable)

  1. salt water, brine, saline
    Synonym: dŵr hallt

Derived terms

References

  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “heli”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies