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Finnish
Etymology
Unknown. Possibly a variant of obsolete häti (1823) from hätä (“emergency”). Cognate with Ingrian hetin.[1]
Pronunciation
Adverb
heti (not comparable)
- (temporal) right away, as soon as (possible), immediately, at once
- Synonyms: heti, välittömästi, (jargon) asap
- heti, kun... ― as soon as ...
- heti, kun mahdollista ― as soon as possible
- (locative) right, immediately, directly
- Synonym: aivan
- heti kulman takana ― right behind the corner
- (dialectal, Central Finland, Central Ostrobothnia) Used as an intensifier.
- Synonym: kyllä
Derived terms
References
- ^ Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN
Further reading
Anagrams
Hungarian
Etymology
hét (“week”) + -i (adjective-forming suffix)
Pronunciation
Adjective
heti (not comparable)
- weekly, week
- Coordinate terms: évi, havi, napi
- Most megyek a heti értekezletre. ― I'm going to the weekly meeting.
- Heti száz dollár a bér. ― The rent is a hundred dollars a week.
- Jól emlékszem a múlt heti beszélgetésre. ― I remember the conversation last week well.
Declension
Derived terms
Further reading
- heti in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
Pali
Verb
heti
- third-person singular future active of hoti (“to be”)