hani

See also: haní, haņi, han'i, and Hani

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *hanhi, from a Baltic language. Cognate with Finnish hanhi.

Noun

hani (genitive hane, partitive hane)

  1. goose

Declension

Declension of hani (ÕS type 20/süli, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative hani haned
accusative nom.
gen. hane
genitive hanede
partitive hane hanesid
illative hanne
hanesse
hanedesse
inessive hanes hanedes
elative hanest hanedest
allative hanele hanedele
adessive hanel hanedel
ablative hanelt hanedelt
translative haneks hanedeks
terminative haneni hanedeni
essive hanena hanedena
abessive haneta hanedeta
comitative hanega hanedega

Derived terms

  • hanejalg, hanejalad

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse hani, from Proto-Germanic *hanô, from Proto-Indo-European *kan- (to sing).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhɛaːnɪ/
  • Rhymes: -ɛaːnɪ

Noun

hani m (genitive singular hana, plural hanar)

  1. cock, rooster
  2. (guns) hammer of a firearm

Declension

m1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative hani hanin hanar hanarnir
accusative hana hanan hanar hanarnar
dative hana hananum hanum hanunum
genitive hana hanans hana hananna

Derived terms

  • byrsuhani
  • knurrhani
  • óðinshani
  • reyðhani
  • veðurhani

Gagauz

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈ(h)ɑ.ni/
  • Hyphenation: ha‧ni

Adverb

hani

  1. alternative form of ani

Conjunction

hani

  1. alternative form of ani

Pronoun

hani

  1. alternative form of ani
    • 1938, Mihail Ciachir, Dicționar Gagauzo (Tiurko) - Român Pentru Gagauzii Din Basarabia:
      ciunchiu Român padișahlââ isteer hem izin edeer, chi djumle insanlar, hani eașaerlar Romanieada iurensinlear Român dilini (romândja)
      Because the Romanian kingdom wants and allows for all people who live in Romania to learn the Romanian Language (Romanian)

Further reading

  • N. A Baskakov, editor (1972), “hani”, in Gagauzsko-Russko-Moldavskij Slovarʹ [Gagauz-Russian-Moldovan Dictionary], Moskva: Izdatelʹstvo Sovetskaja Enciklopedija, →ISBN, page 513

Hausa

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /há.nìː/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [há.nìː]

Noun

hanī̀ m (possessed form hanìn)

  1. prohibition

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse hani, from Proto-Germanic *hanô, from Proto-Indo-European *kan- (to sing).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhaːnɪ/
  • Rhymes: -aːnɪ

Noun

hani m (genitive singular hana, nominative plural hanar)

  1. cock, rooster
  2. faucet, tap
    Synonym: krani
  3. an early riser; a person who rises early in the morning

Declension

Declension of hani (masculine)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative hani haninn hanar hanarnir
accusative hana hanann hana hanana
dative hana hananum hönum hönunum
genitive hana hanans hana hananna

Derived terms

Ido

Noun

hani

  1. plural of hano

Kinaray-a

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /haˈni/, [haˈni]
  • Hyphenation: ha‧ni

Noun

haní

  1. whisper

Verb

haní

  1. to whisper

Latvian

Noun

hani m

  1. nominative/vocative plural of hans

Laz

Pronoun

hani

  1. Latin spelling of ჰანი (hani)

Mandinka

Adverb

hani

  1. even

Interjection

hani

  1. no

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hanô, from Proto-Indo-European *kan- (to sing).

Noun

hani m (genitive hana, plural hanar)

  1. a cock, rooster

Declension

Declension of hani (weak an-stem)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative hani haninn hanar hanarnir
accusative hana hanann hana hanana
dative hana hananum hǫnum hǫnunum
genitive hana hanans hana hananna

Descendants

  • Icelandic: hani
  • Faroese: hani
  • Norwegian: hane
  • Old Swedish: hani
  • Danish: hane

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “hani”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

Old Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /xani/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /xani/

Conjunction

hani

  1. alternative form of ani

Particle

hani

  1. alternative form of ani

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English honey.

Noun

hani

  1. honey

Turkish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ha.ni/

Etymology 1

From Ottoman Turkish قانی (kanı, where [interrogative] or you know [interjection]) or Ottoman Turkish هانی (hanı, where [interrogative]),[1] from Old Anatolian Turkish قنی (qanı), from Proto-Turkic *kańu (where), a derivation from the interrogative stem *ka-.

Cognate with Azerbaijani hanı (where), Old Turkic 𐰴𐰣𐰃 (qanï, where), Karakhanid قَنٖى (qanï̄, where), Gagauz ani (where).

Adverb

hani

  1. (interrogative) where
    Synonym: nerede
    Hani benim gömleğim?Where is my shirt?
  2. actually, to tell the truth
    Synonyms: aslında, doğrusu
  3. (interrogative) used when the speaker perceives an action as incomplete that the listener was supposed to perform
    hani dedin benden başka kimseyi sevmediğini?didn't you say you didn't love anyone but me?
    hani ödevini yapacaktın?weren't you gonna do your homework?
Usage notes
  • Note: Often used at initial position.

Interjection

hani

  1. you know
  2. Let's suppose that

References

Etymology 2

From Ottoman Turkish خانی (hani, big red fish), from Greek χάννη (chánni, serranus hepatus).[1]

Noun

hani (definite accusative haniyi, plural haniler)

  1. (zoology) comber

References

  1. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2014-08-22) “hani2”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Uneapa

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *kani, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kaən-i, from Proto-Austronesian *kaən.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɣani/

Verb

hani

  1. to eat

Further reading

  • Malcolm Ross, Proto Oceanic and the Austronesian Languages of Western Melanesia, Pacific Linguistics, series C-98 (1988)
  • Johnston, R.L. 1982. "Proto-Kimbe and the New Guinea Oceanic hypothesis". In Halim, A., Carrington, L. and Wurm, S.A. editors. Papers from the Third International Conference on Austronesian Linguistics, Vol. 1: Currents in Oceanic, 59-95.
  • Ross, Malcolm D. (2016) Andrew Pawley, editor, The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic: Volume 5, People: body and mind, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, →OCLC; republished as Meredith Osmond, editor, (Please provide a date or year)