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Heng
Definition 2024
heng
heng
English
Noun
heng (plural not attested)
- a character (ꜧ), combining an h and an eng, which stands for the hypothetical phoneme in English which includes both [h] and [ŋ] as its allophones.
Mandarin
Romanization
heng
Usage notes
- English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.
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Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *henki.
Noun
heng
Inflection
| Inflection of heng | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative sing. | heng | ||
| genitive sing. | hengen | ||
| partitive sing. | henged | ||
| partitive plur. | hengid | ||
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | heng | henged | |
| accusative | hengen | henged | |
| genitive | hengen | hengiden | |
| partitive | henged | hengid | |
| essive-instructive | hengen | hengin | |
| translative | hengeks | hengikš | |
| inessive | henges | hengiš | |
| elative | hengespäi | hengišpäi | |
| illative | ? | hengihe | |
| adessive | hengel | hengil | |
| ablative | hengelpäi | hengilpäi | |
| allative | hengele | hengile | |
| abessive | hengeta | hengita | |
| comitative | hengenke | hengidenke | |
| prolative | hengedme | hengidme | |
| approximative I | hengenno | hengidenno | |
| approximative II | hengennoks | hengidennoks | |
| egressive | hengennopäi | hengidennopäi | |
| terminative I | ? | hengihesai | |
| terminative II | hengelesai | hengilesai | |
| terminative III | hengessai | — | |
| additive I | ? | hengihepäi | |
| additive II | hengelepäi | hengilepäi | |
Derived terms
- üks'heng
- hengenahtištuz
- hengenkaičii
- hengenpoltand
- hengentäptuz