હણહણવું

Gujarati

Etymology

Possibly onomatopoeic. Cognate with Hindustani ہِنہِنانا / हिनहिनाना (hinhinānā), Punjabi ਹਿਣਹਿਣਾਉਣਾ (hiṇhiṇāuṇā).

Verb

હણહણવું • (haṇhaṇvũ) (intransitive)

1. to neigh, bray

References

• “હણહણવું”, in Gujaratilexicon.com [Gujarati-English dictionary], Arnion Technologies, 2009.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “haṇhaṇvũ”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 815