different between hink vs rink

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /h??k/
• Rhymes: -??k

Noun

hink (plural hinks)

1. (obsolete) A reaping hook.

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Anagrams

• Kinh

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??k

Verb

hink

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

German

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Variant of think. From Middle English thinken, thynken, thenken, thenchen, from Old English þencan, þen?an, þen?ean (“to think”), from Proto-Germanic *þankijan? (“to think, suppose, perceive”), from Proto-Indo-European *teng- (“to think, feel, know”).

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.

Etymology 2

From Middle English *hinken, from Old English hincian (“to limp, halt, hobble”), from Proto-Germanic *hinkan? (“to limp, hobble, be injured”).

Verb

hink (third-person singular simple present hinks, present participle hinking, simple past and past participle hinked)

1. (obsolete) to falter or limp.

Swedish

Etymology

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Noun

hink c

1. bucket (container)

Declension

Synonyms

• spann

Related terms

• hinka

English

Pronunciation

• (Canada, US, UK) IPA^(key): /???k/
• Rhymes: -??k

Etymology 1

From Middle English rink, renk, from Old English rinc (“man, warrior, hero”), from Proto-Germanic *rankiz (“upright man”), from *rankaz (“straight, upright”), from Proto-Indo-European *re?- (“straight, direct”). Cognate with Scots rink, renk (“man, warrior, hero”), Old Saxon rink (“man”), Old Norse rekkr (“a straight or upright man”), Old English ranc (“proud, noble, valiant”). More at rank.

Noun

rink (plural rinks)

1. (Britain dialectal) A man, especially a warrior or hero.

Etymology 2

From Middle English rink, rynk, variation of ring (“ring”); compare Low German rink (“ring, circle”), Middle High German rinc (“a ring, circle”). Doublet of ring.

Noun

rink (plural rinks)

1. (Britain dialectal) A ring; a circle.
2. A sheet of ice prepared for playing certain sports, such as hockey or curling.

   We played hockey all winter until the rink melted.

3. A surface for roller skating.
4. A building housing an ice rink.
5. (curling) A team in a competition.

   The Schmirler rink won the Silver Broom.

Descendants

• Portuguese: rinque

Translations

Anagrams

• Kirn

Manx

Etymology

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Verb

rink (verbal noun rinkey)

1. to dance

Synonyms

• daunse

Derived terms

• rinkagh

Related terms

• daunsagh
• daunsin
• rinkey

Westrobothnian

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *rinkan?.

Noun

rink (preterite rinkä)

1. (ergative) shake, rock

Related terms

• reka
• rega
• riikk