hing

• IPA^(key): /hɪŋ/

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• Rhymes: -ɪŋ

hing

1. (dialectal or poetic) alternative form of hang
   • 1600, Torquato Tasso, translated by Edward Fairfax, edited by Henry Morley, Jerusalem Delivered‎, London: George Routledge and Sons, published 1890, page 89:

     The peers of Pluto's realm assembled been
     Amid the palace of their angry King,
     In hideous forms and shapes, tofore unseen,
     That fear, death, terror and amazement bring,
     With ugly paws some trample on the green,
     Some gnaw the snakes that on their shoulders hing.

From Hindi हींग (hīṅg).

hing (uncountable)

1. (India) Asafoetida, especially when used as a seasoning.

• li hing mui (etymologically unrelated)

• Nigh, inHg, nigh

hing

1. three

• P. T. Abraham, Apatani-English-Hindi Dictionary (1987)

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• Rhymes: -ɪŋ

hing

1. singular past indicative of hangen

From Proto-Finnic *henki. Cognate with Finnish henki.

hing (genitive hinge, partitive hinge)

1. soul
2. life-force
3. a living being, usually a human
4. breath, breathing

   Suits tõmbas hinge kinni.

   The smoke suffocated me. (lit. "The smoke pulled (my) breathing to a close")

From Middle Low German henge.

hing (genitive hinge, partitive hinge)

1. hinge

• hieng (obsolete)

• IPA^(key): /hɪŋ/, (archaic) /hiːŋ/

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hing

1. first/third-person singular preterite of hängen

• IPA^(key): /hɪŋ/

hing (plural hings)

1. thing
   • 2018, Chris McQueer, HWFG, 404Ink, published 2018, page 4:

     ‘Aye, but that's the hing, Dolly. He's…he's different fae other guys.’

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• anyhing
• everyhing
• hingmy
• nuhing
• sumhing

hing (third-person singular simple present hings, present participle hingin, simple past hung, past participle hung)

1. to hang

From Proto-Tai *χiːŋᴬ (“ginger”). Cognate with Thai ขิง (kǐng), Lao ຂີງ (khīng), Lü ᦃᦲᧂ (ẋiing), Tai Dam ꪄꪲꪉ, Shan ၶိင် (khǐng), Ahom 𑜁𑜢𑜂𑜫 (khiṅ), Bouyei hingl. Compare Middle Chinese 薑 (MC kjang, “ginger”).

• (Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /hiŋ˨˦/
• Tone numbers: hing¹
• Hyphenation: hing

hing (Sawndip form 䒡, 1957–1982 spelling hiŋ)

1. ginger

   Synonym: (dialectal) gieng

hing

1. to lie

• Samson Alexander Lotven (2021) The Sound Systems of Zophei Dialects and Other Maraic Languages (Dissertation)‎