Basque

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /henkien/ [heŋ.ki.ẽn]
  • IPA(key): (Southern) /enkien/ [eŋ.ki.ẽn]
  • Rhymes: -ien
  • Hyphenation: hen‧ki‧en

Etymology 1

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Verb

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henkien

  1. Informal second-person singular (hi), taking third-person plural (haiei) as indirect object, past subjunctive form of izan.
Usage notes
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Linguistically, this verb form can be seen as belonging to the reconstructed citation form edin instead of izan.

Etymology 2

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Verb

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henkien

  1. Informal second-person singular (hi), taking third-person plural (haiei) as indirect object, past indicative form of ekin (to devote).

Finnish

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Noun

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henkien

  1. genitive plural of henki

Verb

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henkien

  1. instructive of second active infinitive of henkiä

Anagrams

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