heli
English
Noun
heli (plural helis)
- Clipping of helicopter.
- 1990 September, “Helicopter section”, in Model Airplane News, page 91:
- HERE’S A GREAT shot of our author Dave Ramsey, who seems to be doing the impossible—flying two helis simultaneously! Actually, he isnt’t; a flying buddy maneuvered his machine into the shot, just to create the illusion.
- 2010, Bob Shepherd, M. P. Sabga, The Infidel, Simon & Schuster, published 2011, →ISBN, page 175:
- ‘We saw two helis flying north a few weeks back,’ John offered. ‘An Apache and a Chinook. We figured they were hunting al-Qaeda.’
Synonyms
Related terms
- -copter (and derivatives therefrom)
- heli- (and derivatives therefrom)
Catalan
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Pronunciation
Noun
heli m (uncountable)
Dutch
Etymology
Clipping of helikopter.
Pronunciation
Noun
heli m (plural heli's, diminutive helietje n)
Estonian
Etymology
Same root as in hele. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Noun
heli (genitive heli, partitive heli)
Declension
Declension of heli (ÕS type 17/elu, no gradation) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | heli | helid | |
accusative | nom. | ||
gen. | heli | ||
genitive | helide | ||
partitive | heli | helisid | |
illative | helli helisse |
helidesse | |
inessive | helis | helides | |
elative | helist | helidest | |
allative | helile | helidele | |
adessive | helil | helidel | |
ablative | helilt | helidelt | |
translative | heliks | helideks | |
terminative | helini | helideni | |
essive | helina | helidena | |
abessive | helita | helideta | |
comitative | heliga | helidega |
Derived terms
Further reading
- “heli”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
Middle English
Adjective
heli
- (chiefly Northern) Alternative form of holy (sacred)
Salar
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Mongolian гуул (guul), гуули (guuli, “copper”).[1]
Pronunciation
- (Xunhua, Qinghai) IPA(key): /heli/, /helli/
- (Chahandusi, Xunhua, Qinghai) IPA(key): /heːle/
- (Dazhuang, Mengda, Xunhua, Qinghai) IPA(key): /xeːli/
- (Ili, Xinjiang) IPA(key): /hælli/, /hællæ/, /helle/
Noun
heli
References
- Tenishev, Edhem (1976) “heli”, in Stroj salárskovo jazyká [Grammar of Salar], Moscow, pages 224, 333
- 林莲云 [Lin Lianyun] (1985) “heli”, in 撒拉语简志 [A Brief History of Salar][2], Beijing: 民族出版社: 琴書店, →OCLC, page 11
- Yakup, Abdurishid (2002) “heli”, in An Ili Salar Vocabulary: Introduction and a Provisional Salar-English Lexicon[3], Tokyo: University of Tokyo, →ISBN, pages 111-112
- Ma, Chengjun, Han, Lianye, Ma, Weisheng (December 2010) “heli”, in 米娜瓦尔 艾比布拉 (Minavar Abibra), editor, 撒维汉词典 (Sāwéihàncídiǎn) [Salar-Uyghur-Chinese dictionary] (in Chinese), 1st edition, Beijing, →ISBN, page 133
- 马伟 (Ma Wei), 朝克 (Chao Ke) (2016) “heli”, in 濒危语言——撒拉语研究 [Endangered Languages - Salar Language Studies], 青海 (Qinghai): 国家社会科学基金项目 (National Social Science Foundation Project), page 280
Swahili
Noun
heli (n class, plural heli)
- Alternative form of heliamu (“helium”)
Tetum
Verb
heli
- to hide
Uneapa
Etymology
From Proto-Oceanic *keli, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *keli, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kali, from Proto-Austronesian *kalih.
Pronunciation
Verb
heli
- to dig
Further reading
- Johnston, R.L. 1982. "Proto-Kimbe and the New Guinea Oceanic hypothesis". In Halim, A., Carrington, L. and Wurm, S.A. editors. Papers from the Third International Conference on Austronesian Linguistics, Vol. 1: Currents in Oceanic, 59-95.
Vietnamese
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He | |
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Etymology
Ultimately from New Latin helium, with the suffix -um removed as with most chemical elements.
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [he˧˧ li˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [hej˧˧ lɪj˧˧]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [hej˧˧ lɪj˧˧]
- Phonetic spelling: hê li
Noun
heli
Welsh
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *sālos (“salt water”), from Proto-Indo-European *séh₂ls (“salt”).
Pronunciation
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈhɛlɪ/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈheːli/, /ˈhɛli/
Noun
heli m (not mutable)
- salt water, brine, saline
- Synonym: dŵr hallt
Derived terms
- cors heli (“salt marsh”)
- cyweirio â heli (“to brine”)
- dŵr heli (“saline water”)
- glas yr heli (“sea milkwort, Glaux maritima”)
- gwastad heli (“salt flat”)
- heli ffisiolegol (“physiological saline”)
- heli ffosffad byfferog (“buffered saline phosphate”)
- helïaidd (“salty, briny, brackish”)
- heligog (“guillemot”)
- lagŵn heli (“salt lagoon”)
- malw yr heli (“tree mallow, Lavatera arborea”)
- morfa heli (“salt marsh”)
- pant heli (“salt pan”)
- perllys yr heli (“wild celery, Apium graveolens”)
- prawf heli (“brine test”)
- pwll heli (“salt pool, brine pit”)
References
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “heli”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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