henteen

Yola

Etymology

hent (“to hold”) +‎ -een (“ing”). Compare English holding (“tenure, farm”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hɛnˈtiːn/

Noun

henteen

  1. The last sod of a ridge, in ploughing.

References

  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 46
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