heng

See also: Heng, héng, hèng, hēng, and heng'

English

Etymology

From h and eng.

Noun

heng (plural not attested)

1. The character ꜧ, combining an h and an eng, which stands for the hypothetical phoneme in English that includes both [h] and [ŋ] as its allophones.

Anagrams

• Engh

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɦɛŋ/
• Rhymes: -ɛŋ

• Audio

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Noun

heng f (plural hengen)

1. moving leaf of a hinge, affixed to the moving part

Coordinate terms

• duim

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Indonesian

Etymology 1

From English hand.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɛŋ/
• Hyphenation: hèng

Verb

heng

1. (colloquial, sports, soccer) handball, the offence of a player other than the goalkeeper touching the ball with the hand or hands on the field during play.

Etymology 2

From English hang.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɛŋ/
• Hyphenation: hèng

Adjective

heng

1. (colloquial, computing) hang, an instance of ceasing to respond.

Further reading

• “heng” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

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Ludian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *henki.

Noun

heng

1. soul

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Mandarin

Romanization

heng

1. Nonstandard spelling of hēng.
2. Nonstandard spelling of héng.
3. Nonstandard spelling of hèng.

Usage notes

• English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

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Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

heng

1. imperative of henge

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

heng

1. imperative of hengja

Verb

heng

1. inflection of henga:
   1. present
   2. imperative

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Veps

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *henki.

Noun

heng

1. soul
2. spirit
3. personality, character
4. person, personage

Inflection

Inflection of heng
nominative sing.	heng
genitive sing.	hengen
partitive sing.	henged
partitive plur.	hengid
	singular	plural
nominative	heng	henged
accusative	hengen	henged
genitive	hengen	hengiden
partitive	henged	hengid
essive-instructive	hengen	hengin
translative	hengeks	hengikš
inessive	henges	hengiš
elative	hengespäi	hengišpäi
illative	?	hengihe
adessive	hengel	hengil
ablative	hengelpäi	hengilpäi
allative	hengele	hengile
abessive	hengeta	hengita
comitative	hengenke	hengidenke
prolative	hengedme	hengidme
approximative I	hengenno	hengidenno
approximative II	hengennoks	hengidennoks
egressive	hengennopäi	hengidennopäi
terminative I	?	hengihesai
terminative II	hengelesai	hengilesai
terminative III	hengessai	—
additive I	?	hengihepäi
additive II	hengelepäi	hengilepäi

Derived terms

• üks'heng
• hengenahtištuz
• hengenkaičii
• hengenpoltand
• hengentäptuz

References

• Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), “герой, дух, душа, персона, персонаж”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika