hinny

Wikipedia

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: hĭn'ē, IPA: /ˈhɪ.ni/

  Rhymes: -ɪni

Etymology 1

From Latin hinnus - possibly cognate with hinnire (“to whinny”).

Noun

hinny (plural hinnies)

1. The hybrid offspring of a stallion (male horse) and a she-ass (female donkey).

Translations

hybrid offspring of a male horse and a female donkey

• Arabic: نغل (ar)
• Czech: mezek (cs) m
• Danish: muldyr (da) n
• Dutch: muilezel (nl) m
• Esperanto: azenĉevalo (eo)
• Finnish: muuliaasi (fi)
• French: bardot (fr), bardeau (fr) m
• German: Maulesel (de) m
• Italian: bardotto (it) m

• Portuguese: bardoto (pt) m
• Romanian: bardou (ro) m
• Russian: лошак (ru) (lošák) m 
• Slovene: mezeg (sl) m
• Spanish: burdégano (es) m
• Vietnamese: con la (vi), bạch đôi (vi)
• Volapük: (♂♀) hinud (vo), (♂) hihinud (vo), (♀) jihinud (vo), (♂♀ offspring, young) hinudül (vo), (♂ offspring) hihinudül (vo), (♀ offspring) jihinudül (vo)
• West Frisian: mûldier (fy) n

See also

• mule

Etymology 2

Alteration of whinny, which is onomatopoeic.

Verb

hinny (third-person singular simple present hinnies, present participle hinnying, simple past and past participle hinnied)

1. To whinny

Etymology 3

From standard English honey.

Noun

hinny (plural hinnies)

1. (Geordie) A term of endearment usually for women.

References

• Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967
• The New Geordie Dictionary, Frank Graham, 1987, ISBN 0946928118
• Northumberland Words, English Dialect Society, R. Oliver Heslop, 1893–4[1]
• Newcastle 1970s, Scott Dobson and Dick Irwin, [2]