هوني

Arabic

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

هُونِي • (hūnī) (form I) /huː.niː/

1. second-person feminine singular imperative of هَانَ (hāna)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

هَوِّنِي • (hawwinī) (form II) /haw.wi.niː/

1. second-person feminine singular imperative of هَوَّنَ (hawwana)

North Levantine Arabic

Etymology

Inherited from Arabic هٰهُنَا (hāhunā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhaw.ne/, /ˈhoːne/

Adverb

هَوْنِي • (hawne or hōne)

1. alternative form of هون (hawn, hōn, “here”)

Derived terms

• هَوْنِيك (hawnīk, hōnīk, “there”)
• (regional, rural, Lebanon) هَوْنِيَهْلِي (hawniyahle, “right here”)

Determiner

هَوْنِي • (hawne)

1. expresses "a recent..." or "a closeby..."
   • 2013, Salim Gebrayel, يا فراشة (yā frāši) [O Butterfly]‎^[1], archived from the original on September 25th, 2025:

     بِهَوْنِي لَيْلِة أَنَا وْسِهْرَان بِسْمَعْ تْتِرْتُق عَاللَّمْبَة. بطَّلَّع بْشُوف فَرَاشِة

     bi-hawne layle ʔana w sihrān bismaʕ ttirtuʔ ʕal-lamḅa. bitṭallaʕ bšūf farāši

     One [recent] night, while I'm up late, I hear a pattering noise on the lightbulb. I look up, I see a butterfly

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Fleisch 1974 (e.g. Qornet Chahouâne) to this entry?)

Tunisian Arabic

Alternative forms

• (Sfax) هَون (hawn)
• (Interior) هنِا (hne)
• (Interior) هِنِايَا (hnēyə)
• (South) هنِي (hni)

Etymology

Inherited from Arabic هُنَا (hunā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈhuː.ni]

Adverb

هوني (hūni)

1. here

   Antonyms: غَادِي (ḡādi), هُونِيكَا (hūnīkə), ثَمّ (ṯamm)