# heli
## English
### Noun

heli (plural helis)
* Clipping of helicopter.
** 1990 September, “Helicopter section”, in Model Airplane News, page 91:HERE’S A GREAT shot of our author Dave Ramsey, who seems to be doing the impossible—flying two helis simultaneously! Actually, he isnt’t; a flying buddy maneuvered his machine into the shot, just to create the illusion.
** 2010, Bob Shepherd, M. P. Sabga, The Infidel, Simon & Schuster, published 2011, →ISBN, page 175:‘We saw two helis flying north a few weeks back,’ John offered. ‘An Apache and a Chinook. We figured they were hunting al-Qaeda.’
** 2011, Chris Ryan, Killing for the Company, Coronet, →ISBN, page 308:Two helis, both coming in sharp and from a great height. One looked like a Puma; the other, smaller and hovering just above and behind in a chaperone position, was clearly an Apache.

#### Synonyms

* copter

#### Related terms

* -copter (and derivatives therefrom)
* heli- (and derivatives therefrom)

## Catalan
### Etymology

From New Latin helium

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈɛ.li]
* Audio (Valencia):(file)

### Noun

heli m (uncountable)
* helium

## Dutch
### Etymology

Clipping of helikopter.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)
* IPA: /ˈɦeːli/
* Hyphenation: he‧li

### Noun

heli m (plural heli's, diminutive helietje n)
* chopper

## Estonian
### Etymology

Same root as in hele. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

### Noun

heli (genitive heli, partitive heli)
* sound
* (music) note, tone

#### Derived terms

* helikaart
* helilaad
* helilaine
* helilooja

### Further reading

* “heli”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009

## Middle English
### Adjective

heli
* (chiefly Northern) Alternative form of holy (sacred)

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* (Lesser Poland):
** (Kielce) IPA: /ˈxɛ.li/

### Conjunction

heli
* (Kielce) Alternative form of jeżeli
    Heli zgadnies, co mám w garści, to ci dam. ― If you guess what I have in my hand, then I'll give it to you.

### Further reading

* Władysław Siarkowski (1891) “heli”, in “Słowniczek gwary ludowej z okolic Pińczowa”, in Sprawozdania Komisyi Językowej Akademii Umiejętności (in Polish), volume 4, page 336

## Salar
### Alternative forms

* helli

### Etymology

From Mongolian гуул (guul), гуули (guuli, “copper”).

### Pronunciation

* (Xunhua, Qinghai) IPA: /heli/, /helli/
* (Chahandusi, Xunhua, Qinghai) IPA: /heːle/
* (Dazhuang, Mengda, Xunhua, Qinghai) IPA: /xeːli/
* (Ili, Xinjiang) IPA: /hælli/, /hællæ/, /helle/

### Noun

heli
* money

### References

* ↑ Dwyer, Arienne M. (2007) “heli”, in Salar: A Study in Inner Asian Language Contact Processes: Part I: Phonology‎, 1st edition, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 253
* Tenishev, Edhem (1976) “heli”, in Stroj salárskovo jazyká [Grammar of Salar], Moscow, pages 224, 333
* 林莲云 [Lin Lianyun] (1985) “heli”, in 撒拉语简志 [A Brief History of Salar]‎, Beijing: 民族出版社: 琴書店, →OCLC, page 11
* Yakup, Abdurishid (2002) “heli”, in An Ili Salar Vocabulary: Introduction and a Provisional Salar-English Lexicon‎, Tokyo: University of Tokyo, →ISBN, pages 111-112
* Ma, Chengjun, Han, Lianye, Ma, Weisheng (December 2010) “heli”, in 米娜瓦尔 艾比布拉 (Minavar Abibra), editor, 撒维汉词典 (Sāwéihàncídiǎn) [Salar-Uyghur-Chinese dictionary] (in Chinese), 1st edition, Beijing, →ISBN, page 133
* 马伟 (Ma Wei), 朝克 (Chao Ke) (2016) “heli”, in 濒危语言——撒拉语研究 [Endangered Languages ​​- Salar Language Studies], 青海 (Qinghai): 国家社会科学基金项目 (National Social Science Foundation Project), page 280

## Swahili
### Noun

heli class IX (plural heli class X)
* Alternative form of heliamu (“helium”)

## Tetum
### Verb

heli
* to hide

## Uneapa
### Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *keli, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *keli, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kali, from Proto-Austronesian *kalih.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɣeli/

### Verb

heli
* to dig

### Further reading

* Johnston, R.L. 1982. "Proto-Kimbe and the New Guinea Oceanic hypothesis". In Halim, A., Carrington, L. and Wurm, S.A. editors. Papers from the Third International Conference on Austronesian Linguistics, Vol. 1: Currents in Oceanic, 59-95.

## Vietnamese
### Etymology

Ultimately from New Latin helium, with the suffix -um removed as with most chemical elements.

### Pronunciation

* (Hà Nội) IPA: [he˧˧ li˧˧]
* (Huế) IPA: [hej˧˧ lɪj˧˧]
* (Saigon) IPA: [hej˧˧ lɪj˧˧]
* Phonetic spelling: hê li

### Noun

heli
* helium

## Welsh
### Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *hal, from Proto-Celtic *sālos (“salt water”), from Proto-Indo-European *séh₂ls (“salt”).

### Pronunciation

* (North Wales) IPA: /ˈhɛlɪ/
* (South Wales) IPA: /ˈheːli/, /ˈhɛli/

### Noun

heli m (not mutable)
* salt water, brine, saline
    Synonym: dŵr hallt

#### Derived terms

* cors heli (“salt marsh”)
* cyweirio â heli (“to brine”)
* dŵr heli (“saline water”)
* glas yr heli (“sea milkwort, Glaux maritima”)
* gwastad heli (“salt flat”)
* heli ffisiolegol (“physiological saline”)
* heli ffosffad byfferog (“buffered saline phosphate”)
* helïaidd (“salty, briny, brackish”)
* heligog (“guillemot”)
* lagŵn heli (“salt lagoon”)
* malw yr heli (“tree mallow, Lavatera arborea”)
* morfa heli (“salt marsh”)
* pant heli (“salt pan”)
* perllys yr heli (“wild celery, Apium graveolens”)
* prawf heli (“brine test”)
* pwll heli (“salt pool, brine pit”)

### References

* R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “heli”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies