hani

See also: haní, haņi, han'i, and Hani

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *hanhi, from a Baltic language. Cognate with Finnish hanhi.

Noun

hani (genitive hane, partitive hane)

1. goose

Declension

Declension of hani (ÕS type 20/süli, no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		hani	haned
accusative	nom.
	gen.	hane
genitive			hanede
partitive		hane	hanesid
illative		hanne hanesse	hanedesse
inessive		hanes	hanedes
elative		hanest	hanedest
allative		hanele	hanedele
adessive		hanel	hanedel
ablative		hanelt	hanedelt
translative		haneks	hanedeks
terminative		haneni	hanedeni
essive		hanena	hanedena
abessive		haneta	hanedeta
comitative		hanega	hanedega

Derived terms

• hanejalg, hanejalad

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse hani, from Proto-Germanic *hanô, from Proto-Indo-European *kan- (“to sing”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɛaːnɪ/
• Rhymes: -ɛaːnɪ

Noun

hani m (genitive singular hana, plural hanar)

1. cock, rooster
2. (guns) hammer of a firearm

Declension

m1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	hani	hanin	hanar	hanarnir
accusative	hana	hanan	hanar	hanarnar
dative	hana	hananum	hanum	hanunum
genitive	hana	hanans	hana	hananna

Derived terms

• byrsuhani
• knurrhani
• óðinshani
• reyðhani
• veðurhani

Related terms

• høna

Gagauz

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈ(h)ɑ.ni/
• Hyphenation: ha‧ni

Adverb

hani

1. alternative form of ani

Conjunction

hani

1. alternative form of ani

Pronoun

hani

1. alternative form of ani
   • 1938, Mihail Ciachir, Dicționar Gagauzo (Tiurko) - Român Pentru Gagauzii Din Basarabia:

     ciunchiu Român padișahlââ isteer hem izin edeer, chi djumle insanlar, hani eașaerlar Romanieada iurensinlear Român dilini (romândja)

     Because the Romanian kingdom wants and allows for all people who live in Romania to learn the Romanian Language (Romanian)

Further reading

• N. A Baskakov, editor (1972), “hani”, in Gagauzsko-Russko-Moldavskij Slovarʹ [Gagauz-Russian-Moldovan Dictionary], Moskva: Izdatelʹstvo Sovetskaja Enciklopedija, →ISBN, page 513

Hausa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /há.nìː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [há.nìː]

Noun

hanī̀ m (possessed form hanìn)

1. prohibition

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse hani, from Proto-Germanic *hanô, from Proto-Indo-European *kan- (“to sing”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhaːnɪ/
• Rhymes: -aːnɪ

Noun

hani m (genitive singular hana, nominative plural hanar)

1. cock, rooster
2. faucet, tap

   Synonym: krani

3. an early riser; a person who rises early in the morning

Declension

Declension of hani (masculine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	hani	haninn	hanar	hanarnir
accusative	hana	hanann	hana	hanana
dative	hana	hananum	hönum	hönunum
genitive	hana	hanans	hana	hananna

Derived terms

• brunahani
• morgunhani

Related terms

• hæna

Ido

Noun

hani

1. plural of hano

Kinaray-a

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /haˈni/, [haˈni]
• Hyphenation: ha‧ni

Noun

haní

1. whisper

Verb

haní

1. to whisper

Latvian

Noun

hani m

1. nominative/vocative plural of hans

Laz

Pronoun

hani

1. Latin spelling of ჰანი (hani)

Mandinka

Adverb

hani

1. even

Interjection

hani

1. no

Navajo

Postposition

hani

1. fourth-person of bini

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hanô, from Proto-Indo-European *kan- (“to sing”).

Noun

hani m (genitive hana, plural hanar)

1. a cock, rooster

Declension

Declension of hani (weak an-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	hani	haninn	hanar	hanarnir
accusative	hana	hanann	hana	hanana
dative	hana	hananum	hǫnum	hǫnunum
genitive	hana	hanans	hana	hananna

Descendants

• Icelandic: hani
• Faroese: hani
• Norwegian: hane
• Old Swedish: hani
  • Swedish: hane
• Danish: hane

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “hani”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

Old Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (10^th–15^th CE) /xani/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /xani/

Conjunction

hani

1. alternative form of ani

Particle

hani

1. alternative form of ani

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English honey.

Noun

hani

1. honey