هوني

Inherited from Arabic هٰهُنَا (hāhunā).

• IPA^(key): /ˈhaw.ne/, /ˈhoːne/

هَوْنِي • (hawne or hōne)

1. alternative form of هون (hawn, hōn, “here”)

هَوْنِي • (hawne)

1. expresses "a recent..." or "a closeby..."
   • 2013, Salim Gebrayel, يا فراشة (yā frāši) [O Butterfly]‎^[1], archived from the original on September 25th, 2025:

     بِهَوْنِي لَيْلِة أَنَا وْسِهْرَان بِسْمَعْ تْتِرْتُق عَاللَّمْبَة. بطَّلَّع بْشُوف فَرَاشِة

     bi-hawne layle ʔana w sihrān bismaʕ ttirtuʔ ʕal-lamḅa. bitṭallaʕ bšūf farāši

     One [recent] night, while I'm up late, I hear a pattering noise on the lightbulb. I look up, I see a butterfly

   • (Can we find and add a quotation of Fleisch 1974 (e.g. Qornet Chahouâne) to this entry?)