honen

== Basque == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /honen/ [ho.nẽn] IPA(key): (Southern) /onen/ [o.nẽn] Rhymes: -onen, -en Hyphenation: ho‧nen === Determiner === honen genitive singular of hau === Pronoun === honen genitive singular of hau == Dutch == === Etymology === From Middle Dutch hônen, from Old Dutch *hōnen, from Proto-West Germanic *haunijan, from Proto-Germanic *haunijaną. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -oːnən === Verb === honen to mock, to deride ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== hoon == Middle Dutch == === Etymology === From Old Dutch *hōnen. === Verb === hônen to mistreat, to harm, to dishonour to deceive, to mislead ==== Inflection ==== ==== Descendants ==== Dutch: honen Afrikaans: hoon === Further reading === “honen (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000 Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “honen”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN == Middle English == === Etymology 1 === hon (“delay, hesitation”) +‎ -en (infinitival suffix) ==== Alternative forms ==== hon, hone, hoine ==== Verb ==== honen (third-person singular simple present honeth, present participle honende, honynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle honed) (of people) to linger, loiter, tarry (of actions) to halt to dwell, be (in a place) ===== Descendants ===== Scots: hune ==== References ==== “họ̄nen, v.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. === Etymology 2 === From Old French hogner, hognier, hoingner (French hogner), which could be a cross of honnir (“to disgrace, shame”) and grogner (“to grunt”). ==== Verb ==== honen (third-person singular simple present honeth, present participle honende, honynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle honed) to long, pine ===== Descendants ===== English: hone ==== References ==== “họ̄nen, v.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. === Etymology 3 === ==== Adverb ==== honen (Early Middle English) alternative form of henne