hing

See also: Appendix:Variations of "hing"

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɪŋ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɪŋ

Etymology 1

Verb

hing

1. (dialectal or poetic) alternative form of hang.
   • 1597, Alexander Montgomery, The Cherrie and the Slae:

     Methought an heav'nly heartsome thing
     Where dew like diamonds did hing,

   • 1600, Torquato Tasso, translated by Edward Fairfax, edited by Henry Morley, Jerusalem Delivered‎^[1], London: George Routledge and Sons, published 1890, page 89:

     The peers of Pluto's realm assembled been
     Amid the palace of their angry King,
     In hideous forms and shapes, tofore unseen,
     That fear, death, terror and amazement bring,
     With ugly paws some trample on the green,
     Some gnaw the snakes that on their shoulders hing.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Hindi हींग (hīṅg).

Noun

hing (uncountable)

1. (India) Asafoetida, especially when used as a seasoning.

See also

• li hing mui (etymologically unrelated)

Anagrams

• Nigh, inHg, nigh

Apatani

Numeral

hing

1. three

References

• P. T. Abraham, Apatani-English-Hindi Dictionary (1987)

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɪŋ

Verb

hing

1. singular past indicative of hangen

Estonian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *henki. Cognate with Finnish henki.

Noun

hing (genitive hinge, partitive hinge)

1. soul
2. life-force
3. a living being, usually a human
4. breath, breathing

   Suits tõmbas hinge kinni.

   The smoke suffocated me. (lit. "The smoke pulled (my) breathing to a close")

Declension

Declension of hing (ÕS type 22i/külm, length gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		hing	hinged
accusative	nom.
	gen.	hinge
genitive			hingede
partitive		hinge	hingi hingesid
illative		hinge hingesse	hingedesse hingisse
inessive		hinges	hingedes hingis
elative		hingest	hingedest hingist
allative		hingele	hingedele hingile
adessive		hingel	hingedel hingil
ablative		hingelt	hingedelt hingilt
translative		hingeks	hingedeks hingiks
terminative		hingeni	hingedeni
essive		hingena	hingedena
abessive		hingeta	hingedeta
comitative		hingega	hingedega

Etymology 2

From Middle Low German henge.

Noun

hing (genitive hinge, partitive hinge)

1. hinge

Declension

Declension of hing (ÕS type 22i/külm, length gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		hing	hinged
accusative	nom.
	gen.	hinge
genitive			hingede
partitive		hinge	hingi hingesid
illative		hinge hingesse	hingedesse hingisse
inessive		hinges	hingedes hingis
elative		hingest	hingedest hingist
allative		hingele	hingedele hingile
adessive		hingel	hingedel hingil
ablative		hingelt	hingedelt hingilt
translative		hingeks	hingedeks hingiks
terminative		hingeni	hingedeni
essive		hingena	hingedena
abessive		hingeta	hingedeta
comitative		hingega	hingedega

German

Alternative forms

• hieng (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɪŋ/, (archaic) /hiːŋ/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Verb

hing

1. first/third-person singular preterite of hängen

Scots

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɪŋ/

Etymology 1

Noun

hing (plural hings)

1. (chiefly urban Central Scots) thing
   • 2018, Chris McQueer, HWFG, 404Ink, published 2018, page 4:

     ‘Aye, but that's the hing, Dolly. He's…he's different fae other guys.’

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Derived terms

• anyhing
• everyhing
• hingmy
• nuhing
• suhin

Etymology 2

Verb

hing (third-person singular simple present hings, present participle hingin, simple past and past participle hung)

1. to hang

Yimchungru Naga

Etymology

From Proto-Central Naga *a-hjaŋ. Cognate to Lotha Naga oying and Chungli Ao ang.

Noun

hing

1. thread

Further reading

• Raguibou, I.D.; Borah, Dinkur (29 July 2022), A Yimkhiung-English-Hindi Trilingual Dictionary‎^[2], Centre for Endangered Languages, Tezpur University, page 17
• Bruhn, Daniel Wayne (2014), A Phonological Reconstruction of Proto-Central Naga‎^[3], Berkeley: University of California, page 242

Zhuang

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *χiːŋᴬ (“ginger”). Cognate with Thai ขิง (kǐng), Lao ຂີງ (khīng), Lü ᦃᦲᧂ (ẋiing), Tai Dam ꪄꪲꪉ, Shan ၶိင် (khǐng), Ahom 𑜁𑜢𑜂𑜫 (khiṅ), Bouyei hingl. Compare Middle Chinese 薑 (MC kjang, “ginger”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /hiŋ˨˦/
• Tone numbers: hing¹
• Hyphenation: hing

Noun

hing (Sawndip form 䒡, 1957–1982 spelling hiŋ)

1. ginger

   Synonym: (dialectal) gieng

Zou

Etymology 1

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *hriŋ. Cognate with Mizo hríng.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [hīŋ]
• Hyphenation: hing

Verb

hing (stem II hìn)

1. (transitive) to bear

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [híŋ]
• Hyphenation: hing

Particle

híng

1. Used to denote the direction of the action as towards the deictic centre: toward

Derived terms

• hing péi

References

• Philip Thangliènmâng (2010), Minimal dictionary and Self-tutor Functional Grammar in Zo-English-Hindi, New Delhi: Zoculsin, →ISBN, page 96; 104
• Lukram Himmat Singh (2013), A Descriptive Grammar of Zou (PhD thesis), Canchipur: Manipur University, page 122

Zyphe

Verb

hing

1. to lie

References

• Samson Alexander Lotven (2021) The Sound Systems of Zophei Dialects and Other Maraic Languages (Dissertation)‎^[4]