hengi

hengi

1. Obsolete spelling of henki.

• IPA^(key): /ˈheŋːiˣ/, [ˈhe̞ŋːi(ʔ)]
• Rhymes: -eŋːi
• Syllabification^(key): hen‧gi

hengi

1. inflection of henkiä:
   1. present active indicative connegative
   2. second-person singular present imperative
   3. second-person singular present active imperative connegative

• IPA^(key): /ˈheiɲcɪ/
• Rhymes: -eiɲcɪ

hengi n (genitive singular hengis, nominative plural hengi)

1. overhanging snowdrift

   Synonym: hengja

2. hanging rail, clothes rail
3. small curtain, e.g. a shower curtain

• hanga (“to hang, to be hanging”)
• hengja (“to hang (up)”)

From Proto-Finnic *henki. Cognates include Finnish henki and Veps heng.

• IPA^(key): /ˈheŋɡi/
• Hyphenation: hen‧gi

hengi (genitive hengen, partitive hengie, diminutive hengyt)

1. (South Karelian) breath
2. (South Karelian) soul

• A. V. Punzhina (1994) “hengi”, in Словарь карельского языка (тверские говоры) [Dictionary of the Karelian language (Tver dialects)], →ISBN