hinny
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English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Latin hinnus – possibly cognate with hinnire (“to whinny”).
Noun[edit]
hinny (plural hinnies)
- The hybrid offspring of a stallion (male horse) and a she-ass (female donkey).
- Synonym: (UK dialectal) fummel
- 2001, Ursula K. Le Guin, “On the High Marsh”, in Tales from Earthsea:
- The curer said nothing to the cowboy but went straight to the mule, or hinny, rather, being out of San's big jenny by Alder's white horse.
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
hybrid offspring of a male horse and a female donkey
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See also[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Alteration of whinny, which is onomatopoeic.
Verb[edit]
hinny (third-person singular simple present hinnies, present participle hinnying, simple past and past participle hinnied)
- To whinny
Etymology 3[edit]
From standard English honey.
Noun[edit]
hinny (plural hinnies)
- (Geordie) A term of endearment usually for women.
- 2016, Kerry Greenwood, Murder and Mendelssohn, Sydney: Allen and Unwin, page 310:
- `You will make a great diagnostician, nae doot, my hinny, but you need tae improve your bedside manner.'
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References[edit]
- Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967
- Frank Graham (1987) The New Geordie Dictionary, →ISBN
- Northumberland Words, English Dialect Society, R. Oliver Heslop, 1893–4
- Newcastle 1970s, Scott Dobson and Dick Irwin, [1]
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