hinny
See also: Hinny
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]