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hant

English

Etymology 1

See haunt.

Noun

hant (plural hants)

1. (Scotland, US, colloquial, chiefly African-American Vernacular) Alternative form of haunt, haint (“ghost”)

Etymology 2

Contraction

hant

1. Pronunciation spelling of hadn’t.

Anagrams

• tahn, Hnat, Than, Nath, NAHT, -anth, than, anth.

Cimbrian

Etymology

From Middle High German hant, from Old High German hant. Cognate with German Hand, English hand.

Noun

hant f (plural hénte, diminutive héntle)

1. (Sette Comuni) hand

Declension

Derived terms

• drukhan de hénte
• hantafa ?
• hantfala

References

• “hant” in Martalar, Umberto Martello, Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo

Hungarian

Etymology

Probably a derivation, but the root word is disputed:

1. From Proto-Ugric *kᴕmɜ (“clump in a marsh”) + -t (noun-forming suffix).
2. Split from han (“marsh, swamp”) (a variant of hany (“marsh, swamp”)) + -t (noun-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈhɒnt]
• Rhymes: -ɒnt

Noun

hant (plural hantok)

1. clod (lump of earth) [from c. 1395]

   Synonyms: földdarab, rög

2. (poetic, rare) grass, lawn [from 1784]

   Synonyms: fű, gyep

3. (poetic) grave (place of burial) [from 1788]

   Synonym: sírhant

4. (poetic) mound, hillock (a small grass-covered mound of earth) [from c. 1600]

   Synonyms: földkupac, földhányás

Declension

Derived terms

References

Further reading

• hant in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch hant.

Noun

hant f

1. hand
2. person
3. side

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Dutch: hand
• Limburgish: handj
• Zealandic: and

Further reading

• “hant”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “hant”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

Middle High German

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old High German hant, from Proto-West Germanic *handu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (before 13^th CE) /ˈhant/

Noun

hant f

1. hand

Declension

Descendants

• Bavarian: Hånd

  Cimbrian: hant

  Mòcheno: hònt

• German: Hand
• Hunsrik: Hand
• Luxembourgish: Hand
• Vilamovian: haond
• Yiddish: האַנט (hant)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (before 13^th CE) /ˈhaːnt/

Verb

hānt

1. third-person plural present indicative of hān

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *handu.

Noun

hant f

1. hand

Inflection

Alternative forms

• ande (in compounds)

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: hant
  • Dutch: hand
  • Limburgish: handj
  • Zealandic: and

Further reading

• “hant”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old High German

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *handu, whence also Old English hand, Old Norse hǫnd, Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌿𐍃 (handus).

Noun

hant f

1. hand

Declension

Descendants

• Middle High German: hant
  • Bavarian: Hånd

    Cimbrian: hant

    Mòcheno: hònt

  • German: Hand
  • Hunsrik: Hand
  • Luxembourgish: Hand
  • Vilamovian: haond
  • Yiddish: האַנט (hant)

References

• Köbler, Gerhard, Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch, (6. Auflage) 2014