feni
التعريفات والمعاني
== English ==
=== Alternative forms ===
fenim
fenny
=== Etymology ===
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=== Noun ===
feni (usually uncountable, plural fenis)
(India) An alcoholic drink made in Goa, India, from fermented cashew apples or coconut toddy (sap).
==== Derived terms ====
=== Anagrams ===
Enif, Fein, Fine, NiFe, fine, ifen, neif, nief, nife
== Faroese ==
=== Noun ===
feni
dative singular indefinite of fen
== Hungarian ==
=== Etymology ===
fen (“to sharpen”) + -i (personal suffix)
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): [ˈfɛni]
Hyphenation: fe‧ni
Rhymes: -ni
=== Verb ===
feni
third-person singular indicative present definite of fen
== Italian ==
=== Noun ===
feni m
plural of feno
=== Anagrams ===
Enif, enfi, fine, nife
== Latin ==
=== Noun ===
fēnī
genitive singular of fēnum
== Old French ==
=== Verb ===
feni
past participle of fenir
== Sranan Tongo ==
=== Alternative forms ===
findi (obsolete)
=== Etymology ===
Probably from English find.
=== Verb ===
feni
to find (to come across, possibly by searching)
to encounter
(copula) to consider, to judge
==== Derived terms ====
==== Descendants ====
Aukan: fénde, féni
Saramaccan: féndi, féni
→ Caribbean Javanese: féni
=== References ===
== Swahili ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from English fan.
=== Pronunciation ===
=== Noun ===
feni class IX (plural feni class X)
fan (device to cool)
== West Makian ==
=== Etymology ===
Possibly from an older fani (if not an error), recorded in van der Crab's De Moluksche Eilanden's wordlist (as fanie). Compare Ternate paniki (“bat”) and also East Makian nhik.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈɸe.n̪i/
=== Noun ===
feni
a bat
a flying fox
==== Alternative forms ====
fenii
=== References ===
Clemens Voorhoeve (1982), The Makian languages and their neighbours[5], Pacific linguistics