English

Noun

hink ‎(plural hinks)

1. (obsolete) A reaping hook.

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪŋk

Verb

hink

1. first-person singular present indicative of hinken
2. imperative of hinken

German

Verb

hink

1. second-person singular imperative of hinken

Haush

Alternative forms

• enk

Noun

hink

1. man

References

• Charles Wellington Furlong, The Haush And Ona, Primitive Tribes Of Tierra Del Fuego, in the Proceedings Of The Nineteenth International Congress Of Americanists (December 1915)
• Voces en el viento: raíces lingüísticas de la Patagonia : lingüística comparativa de las lenguas aborígenes del sur del continente americano (2005): genk'e-nK 'paisano', es un derivado de un término de significado 'hombre', sólo mantenido en haush (Bridges 1948 ‹hink›, Tonelli ‹enk› 'hombre')

Scots

Verb

hink ‎(third-person singular present hinks, present participle hinkin, past thought or thocht, past participle thought or thocht)

1. (many Scots dialects) to think.
2. (obsolete) to falter or limp.

Swedish

Noun

hink c

1. bucket (container)

Declension

Synonyms

• spann

Related terms

• hinka