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See also: HEI, héi, hēi, hèi, and héí

English

Noun

hei (plural heis)

  1. Alternative spelling of he (Hebrew letter)

See also

etymologically unrelated multiword terms containing "hei"

Anagrams

Alemannic German

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old High German heim, from Proto-Germanic *haimaz. Cognate with German Heim, Dutch heem, English home, Danish hjem, also Albanian komb.

Noun

hei n

  1. (Formazza) home

References

Cornish

Noun

hei

  1. Aspirate mutation of kei.

Dutch

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

hei f (plural heides or heiden, diminutive heitje n)

  1. Alternative form of heide
Derived terms

- general:

- toponyms:

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

hei

  1. inflection of heien:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. imperative

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *hei (compare Estonian hei, Ingrian hei, Karelian hei, Ludian hei, Veps hei). Compare also Old Norse hei (whence Swedish hej) and English hey.

Pronunciation

Interjection

hei

  1. hi (greeting)
  2. hey (to get someone's attention)
  3. bye (often repeated twice: hei hei)

Derived terms

Further reading

Anagrams

Galician

Verb

hei

  1. first-person singular present indicative of haber
  2. (reintegrationist norm) first-person singular present indicative of haver

German Low German

Alternative forms

  • (more common in the western dialects, though still found in Mecklenburgisch, Western Pomeranian and Low Prussian alongside hei) he
  • hai

Pronunciation

Pronoun

hei m (genitive sin, dative em, dative 2 jüm, accusative en)

  1. (in some dialects, including Mecklenburgisch, Western Pomeranian and Low Prussian, personal) Alternative form of he
    (Low Prussian) Hei ös to lat.
    He is too late.

Pronoun

hei m (dative ühne or ühm' or ühm, accusative ühne or ühn or iähne, weak accusative ne)

  1. (Paderbornisch, personal) he

Ingrian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *hei. Cognates include Finnish hei and Estonian hei.

Pronunciation

Interjection

hei

  1. Used to attract attention: hey! oi!

Synonyms

References

  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 54

Japanese

Romanization

hei

  1. Rōmaji transcription of へい

Latin

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Interjection

hei

  1. ah! oh!; an expression of grief or fear
    hei mihi! ― alas! woe is me!

References

  • “hei”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “hei”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • hei in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Latvian

Interjection

hei

  1. hey

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Middle High German hī, contraction of hie, from Old High German hia, alternative form of hiar, from Proto-Germanic *hē₂r. Compare archaic German hie. Also cognate with German hier, Dutch hier, English here.

Pronunciation

Adverb

hei

  1. here, in this place

Derived terms

Mandarin

Romanization

hei (hei5／hei0, Zhuyin ˙ㄏㄟ)

  1. Nonstandard spelling of hēi.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of hèi.

Usage notes

  • Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Maori

Particle

hei

  1. Future locative particle

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

hei (uncountable)

  1. Alternative form of hey (“hay”)

Etymology 2

Interjection

hei

  1. Alternative form of hey (“hey”)

Etymology 3

Noun

hei

  1. Alternative form of heye (“hedge”)

Etymology 4

Pronoun

hei

  1. Alternative form of he (“they”)

Etymology 5

Verb

hei (third-person singular simple present heieth, present participle heiende, heiynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle heied)

  1. Alternative form of heien (“to lift up”)

Etymology 6

Adjective

hei (comparative heier, superlative heiest)

  1. Alternative form of heigh (“high”)

Mòcheno

Etymology

From Middle High German höuwe, from Old High German hewi, houwi, from Proto-West Germanic *hawi, from Proto-Germanic *hawją (“hay”). Cognate with German Heu, English hay.

Noun

hei n

  1. hay

Related terms

References

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse hei.

Pronunciation

Interjection

hei

  1. hi (greeting)
    • hei!
      hi!
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old Norse heiðr.

Noun

hei f or m (definite singular heia or heien, indefinite plural heier, definite plural heiene)

  1. a heath or moor

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Norse hei.

Interjection

hei

  1. hi (greeting)
    • hei!
      hi!
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old Norse heiðr. Akin to English heath.

Noun

hei f (definite singular heia, indefinite plural heier or heiar, definite plural heiene or heiane)

  1. a heath or moor
Derived terms

References

Old Frisian

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *hugi.

Noun

hei m

  1. mind, sense

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

  • North Frisian: huwggje

Portuguese

Alternative forms

  • hey (obsolete)
  • ey (obsolete)
  • ei (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese ei, from a Proto-Romance */ˈajo/, from Latin habeō, from Proto-Italic *habēō or *haβēō, the latter may be from Proto-Indo-European *gʰeh₁bʰ- (“to grab, to take”).

Pronunciation

 

Verb

hei

  1. first-person singular present indicative of haver

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ in Ciberdúvidas da Língua Portuguesa: 'Havemos, haveis e as terminações do futuro do indicativo'

Romanian

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

Interjection

hei

  1. hey

Romansch

Alternative forms

Interjection

hei

  1. (Puter, Vallader) yes (used to indicate agreement with the speaker in a conversation)

Derived terms

Related terms

  • (Rumantsch Grischun, Sutsilvan, Surmiran) gea
  • (Rumantsch Grischun, Vallader) bain
  • (Sursilvan) gie, (Sursilvan) bein
  • (Sutsilvan) bagn
  • (Sutsilvan, Surmiran) ea
  • (Surmiran) gea bagn
  • (Puter, Vallader) bainschi, schi

Scots

Pronoun

hei

  1. (South Scots, personal) he

See also

Sranan Tongo

Etymology 1

From English high.

Adjective

hei

  1. high

Etymology 2

From English hare.

Noun

hei

  1. paca
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