hevel

Dutch

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -eːvəl

Noun

hevel m (plural hevels, diminutive heveltje n)

1. heddle
2. siphon

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse hefill, from Proto-Germanic *habilaz.

Noun

hevel m (definite singular hevelen, indefinite plural hevlar, definite plural hevlane)

1. handle

References

• “hevel” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

O'odham

Alternative forms

• hewel

Etymology

From Proto-Tepiman *hïvïri (“wind”), from Proto-Uto-Aztecan *sïpïL (“cold, windy”). Related to he꞉pi (“to be cold”).

Noun

hevel

1. wind, air

   Melto 'ot g hevel.

   The wind stopped blowing.

2. (by extension, physical chemistry) any gaseous substance; gas, natural gas

Derived terms

• hevel-'e'es (“Parry's penstemon (Penstemon parryi)”, literally “wind plant”)
• hevel-c-ed 'u'uwhig (“dwarf cowbird (Molothrus ater obscurus)”)
• hevel-cu꞉d (“to make wind for (as with a fan)”)
• hevel-mohs (“western kingbird (Tyrannus verticalis)”)
• hevel-neoktham (“radio”, literally “speaker by air”)
• hevelhog (“breeze, draft; to blow”)
• hevelhogid (“to fan”)
• hevelig (“breath”)
• si-hevel (“cyclone”)

References

• Mathiot, Madeleine (2013), Tohono 'O'odham–English Dictionary‎^[2], volume I, archived from the original on 22 November 2019, pages 239–40
• Saxton, Dean; Saxton, Lucille; Enos, Susie (1983), “hewel”, in Dictionary: Tohono Oʼodham/Pima to English, English to Tohono Oʼodham/Pima, 2nd edition, Tucson: The University of Arizona Press, published 1998, →ISBN, page 21