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English
Pronunciation
Noun
hink (plural hinks)
- (obsolete) A reaping hook.
See also
References
- Edward H[enry] Knight (1877) “Hink”, in Knight’s American Mechanical Dictionary. , volumes II (GAS–REA), New York, N.Y.: Hurd and Houghton , →OCLC.
- “hink”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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Dutch
Pronunciation
Verb
hink
- inflection of hinken:
- first-person singular present indicative
- (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
- imperative
German
Pronunciation
Verb
hink
- singular imperative of hinken
Haush
Noun
hink
- man
References
- Charles Wellington Furlong, The Haush And Ona, Primitive Tribes Of Tierra Del Fuego, in the Proceedings Of The Nineteenth International Congress Of Americanists (December 1915)
- Voces en el viento: raíces lingüísticas de la Patagonia : lingüística comparativa de las lenguas aborígenes del sur del continente americano (2005): genk'e-nK 'paisano', es un derivado de un término de significado 'hombre', sólo mantenido en haush (Bridges 1948 ‹hink›, Tonelli ‹enk› 'hombre')
Scots
Etymology 1
Variant of think. From Middle English thinken, thynken, thenken, thenchen, from Old English þencan, þenċan, þenċean (“to think”), from Proto-Germanic *þankijaną (“to think, suppose, perceive”), from Proto-Indo-European *teng- (“to think, feel, know”).
Verb
hink (third-person singular simple present hinks, present participle hinkin, simple past thought or thocht, past participle thought or thocht)
- (many Scots dialects) to think.
Etymology 2
From Middle English *hinken, from Old English hincian (“to limp, halt, hobble”), from Proto-Germanic *hinkaną (“to limp, hobble, be injured”).
Verb
hink
- (obsolete) to falter or limp.
Swedish
Etymology
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Noun
hink c
- bucket (container)
- (slang) alcohol, vodka
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