heng

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See also: Heng, héng, hèng, hēng, and heng'

English

Etymology

From h and eng.

Noun

heng (plural not attested)

  1. The character , combining an h and an eng, which stands for the hypothetical phoneme in English that includes both and as its allophones.

Derived terms

Anagrams

Dutch

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “surely related to hangen and En hinge”)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɦɛŋ/
  • Rhymes: -ɛŋ
  • (file)

Noun

heng f (plural hengen)

  1. moving leaf of a hinge, affixed to the moving part

Coordinate terms

Indonesian

Etymology 1

From English hand.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hɛŋ/
  • Hyphenation: hèng

Verb

heng

  1. (colloquial, sports, soccer) handball, the offence of a player other than the goalkeeper touching the ball with the hand or hands on the field during play.

Etymology 2

From English hang.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hɛŋ/
  • Hyphenation: hèng

Adjective

heng

  1. (colloquial, computing) hang, an instance of ceasing to respond.

Further reading

Ludian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *henki.

Noun

heng

  1. soul

Mandarin

Romanization

heng

  1. Nonstandard spelling of hēng.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of héng.
  3. Nonstandard spelling of hèng.

Usage notes

  • Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

heng

  1. imperative of henge

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Verb

heng

  1. imperative of hengja

Etymology 2

Verb

heng

  1. inflection of henga:
    1. present
    2. imperative

Veps

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *henki.

Noun

heng

  1. soul
  2. spirit
  3. personality, character
  4. person, personage

Inflection

Inflection of heng (inflection type 3/kivi)
nominative sing. heng
genitive sing. hengen
partitive sing. henged
partitive plur. hengid
singular plural
nominative heng henged
accusative hengen henged
genitive hengen hengiden
partitive henged hengid
essive-instructive hengen hengin
translative hengeks hengikš
inessive henges hengiš
elative hengespäi hengišpäi
illative hengehe hengihe
adessive hengel hengil
ablative hengelpäi hengilpäi
allative hengele hengile
abessive hengeta hengita
comitative hengenke hengidenke
prolative hengedme hengidme
approximative I hengenno hengidenno
approximative II hengennoks hengidennoks
egressive hengennopäi hengidennopäi
terminative I hengehesai hengihesai
terminative II hengelesai hengilesai
terminative III hengessai
additive I hengehepäi hengihepäi
additive II hengelepäi hengilepäi

Derived terms

References

Zhuang

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *χiəŋᴬ; cognate with Thai เขียง (kǐiang), Northern Thai ᨡ᩠ᨿᨦ, Lao ຂຽງ (khīang), Khün ᨡ᩠ᨿᨦ, ᦵᦃᧂ (ẋeng), Shan ၶဵင် (khǎeng), Tai Nüa ᥑᥥᥒᥴ (xéng).

Pronunciation

Noun

heng (Sawndip forms 𱣒 or ⿱行木 or or ⿰石杏 or ⿰石𪥌 or 𮀖, 1957–1982 spelling heŋ)

  1. chopping board