feni

English

Alternative forms

• fenim
• fenny

Etymology

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Noun

feni (usually uncountable, plural fenis)

1. (India) An alcoholic drink made in Goa, India, from fermented cashew apples or coconut toddy (sap).
   • 2003, Paul Harding, Goa, page 71:

     A shot of Indian-made spirits is about Rs 40 to 60 (mixers cost extra) and a shot of feni is Rs 20. […] Goans are keen to offer advice to foreigners; don't drink it on an empty stomach, don't mix it with other spirits, and certainly don't swim after a couple of fenis.

   • 2006, Frank Simoes, “Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Feni but Were Too Drunk to Ask”, in Jerry Pinto, editor, Reflected in Water: Writings on Goa, page 243:

     The Department of Agriculture's official definition of feni is many soulless removes from its ebullient metaphysics; ‘Feni (the more accurate rendering, as opposed to the Portuguese 'fenim') has achieved the status of a generic term applying to a wide variety of distilled alcoholic liquors derived from extracts of the coconut palm and the cashew fruit.'

   • 2009, Bhaichand Patel, Happy Hours: The Penguin Book of Cocktails, unnumbered page:

     Feni is really country liquor that has risen from its lowly status. […] Whatever claims the Goans may lay to its potency, feni is no stronger than whisky or vodka.

Derived terms

Derived terms

• caju feni
• cashew feni
• coconut feni
• palm feni

Anagrams

• Enif, Fein, Fine, NiFe, fine, ifen, neif, nief, nife

Hungarian

Etymology

fen (“to sharpen”) +‎ -i (personal suffix)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfɛni]
• Hyphenation: fe‧ni
• Rhymes: -ni

Verb

feni

1. third-person singular indicative present definite of fen

Italian

Noun

feni m

1. plural of feno

Anagrams

• Enif, enfi, fine, nife

Latin

Noun

fēnī

1. genitive singular of fēnum

Old French

Verb

feni

1. past participle of fenir

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

From Dutch vinden.

Verb

feni

1. to find (to come across, possibly by searching)
2. (copula) to consider, to judge

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from English fan.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Noun

feni (n class, plural feni)

1. fan (device to cool)

West Makian

Etymology

Possibly from an older fani (if not an error), recorded in van der Crab's De Moluksche Eilanden's wordlist (as fanie). Compare Ternate paniki (“bat”) and also East Makian nhik.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɸe.n̪i/

Noun

feni

1. a bat
2. a flying fox

Alternative forms

• fenii

References

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎^[1], Pacific linguistics