heli

See also: Heli, hélǐ, heli-, and héli-

English

Noun

heli (plural helis)

1. Clipping of helicopter.
   • 1990 September, “Helicopter section”, in Model Airplane News, page 91:

     HERE’S A GREAT shot of our author Dave Ramsey, who seems to be doing the impossible—flying two helis simultaneously! Actually, he isnt’t; a flying buddy maneuvered his machine into the shot, just to create the illusion.

   • 2010, Bob Shepherd; M. P. Sabga, The Infidel, Simon & Schuster, published 2011, →ISBN, page 175:

     ‘We saw two helis flying north a few weeks back,’ John offered. ‘An Apache and a Chinook. We figured they were hunting al-Qaeda.’

   • 2011, Chris Ryan, Killing for the Company, Coronet, →ISBN, page 308:

     Two helis, both coming in sharp and from a great height. One looked like a Puma; the other, smaller and hovering just above and behind in a chaperone position, was clearly an Apache.

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Catalan

Chemical element
He
Previous: hidrogen (H)
Next: liti (Li)

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.li/

• Audio (Valencian)

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Noun

heli m (uncountable)

1. helium

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Dutch

Etymology

Clipping of helikopter.

Pronunciation

• Audio

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• IPA^(key): /ˈɦeːli/
• Hyphenation: he‧li

Noun

heli m (plural heli's, diminutive helietje n)

1. chopper

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Estonian

Etymology

Same root as in hele.

Noun

heli (genitive heli, partitive heli)

1. sound
2. (music) note, tone

Declension

Inflection of heli (ÕS type 17/elu, no gradation)

	singular	plural
nominative	heli	helid
accusative	heli	helid
genitive	heli	helide
partitive	heli	helisid
illative	helli helisse	helidesse
inessive	helis	helides
elative	helist	helidest
allative	helile	helidele
adessive	helil	helidel
ablative	helilt	helidelt
translative	heliks	helideks
terminative	helini	helideni
essive	helina	helidena
abessive	helita	helideta
comitative	heliga	helidega

Derived terms

• helikaart
• helilaad
• helilaine
• helilooja

Further reading

• heli in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat

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Middle English

Adjective

heli

1. (chiefly Northern) Alternative form of holy (sacred)

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Salar

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• (Jiezi, Gaizi, Jishi, Ucirem(where?), Mengda, Baizhuang, Xunhua, Qinghai) IPA^(key): [heli]
• (Jiezi, Gaizi, Ucirem(where?), Baizhuang, Xunhua, Qinghai) IPA^(key): [helli]
• (Ucirem(where?)) IPA^(key): [heːle]
• (Dazhuang, Mengda) IPA^(key): [χelli], [xeːli]
• (Ili, Yining, Xinjiang) IPA^(key): [hælli], [hællæ], [helle]

Noun

heli

1. money

References

• Tenishev, Edhem (1976), “heli”, in Stroj salárskovo jazyká [Grammar of Salar], Moscow: Nauka, page 224, 333
• 林 (Lin), 莲云 (Lianyun) (1985), “heli”, in 撒拉语简志 [A Brief History of Salar], Beijing: 民族出版社: 琴書店, OCLC 17467570, page 11
• 马伟 (Ma Wei), 朝克 (Chao Ke) (2016), “heli”, in 濒危语言——撒拉语研究 [Endangered Languages ​​- Salar Language Studies], 青海 (Qinghai): 国家社会科学基金项目 (National Social Science Foundation Project), page 280
• Ma, Chengjun; Han, Lianye; Ma, Weisheng (December 2010), “heli”, in 米娜瓦尔 艾比布拉 (Minavar Abibra), editor, 撒维汉词典 (Sāwéihàncídiǎn) [Salar-Uyghur-Chinese dictionary], 1st edition, Beijing, →ISBN, page 133
• Yakup, Abdurishid (2002), “heli”, in An Ili Salar Vocabulary: Introduction and a Provisional Salar-English Lexicon, Tokyo: University of Tokyo, →ISBN, page 111-112

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Tetum

Verb

heli

1. to hide

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Uneapa

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *keli, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *keli, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kali, from Proto-Austronesian *kalih.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɣeli/

Verb

heli

1. to dig

Further reading

• 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.

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Vietnamese

Chemical element
He
Previous: hiđro (H)
Next: liti (Li)

Etymology

Ultimately from New Latin helium, with the suffix -um removed as with most chemical elements.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [he˧˧ li˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [hej˧˧ lɪj˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [hej˧˧ lɪj˧˧]
• Phonetic: hê li

Noun

heli

1. helium

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Welsh

Noun

1. salt water