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Translingual
Symbol
hi
( international standards ) ISO 639-1 language code for Hindi .
English
Etymology 1
American English . First recorded reference is to speech of a Kansas Indian (1862); originally to attract attention, probably a variant of Middle English hey , hy (circa 1475). Also an exclamation to call attention. See hey .
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Pronunciation
Interjection
hi
A friendly , informal , casual greeting said upon someone's arrival .
Synonyms: hello , greetings , howdy
Hi , how are you?
I just dropped by to say “hi ”.
2016 , VOA Learning English (public domain)
Anna: Pete, hi! Hi, we are here! — Pete: Hi, Anna! Hi, Marsha! — Anna: Hi! — Pete: How are you two? — Marsha: I am great!
1862 , Miriam Davis Colt, Went to Kansas , L. Ingalls & Company, →ISBN , page 143 :When out on the prairie, up galloped an Indian on his pony with his saluting "hi !"
An exclamation to call attention.
1913 , Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln , chapter VII, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients , New York, N.Y., London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company , →OCLC :I made a speaking trumpet of my hands and commenced to whoop “Ahoy!” and “Hello!” at the top of my lungs. [ …] The Colonel woke up, and, after asking what in brimstone was the matter, opened his mouth and roared “Hi! ” and “Hello!” like the bull of Bashan.
1954 , J. R. R. Tolkien, The Two Towers :'Come back now!' shouted Sam. 'Hi ! Come back!' But Gollum had vanished.
( dated ) Expressing wonder or derision .
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
hi (plural his )
The word "hi" used as a greeting.
Synonyms: greeting , hello
I didn't even get a hi .
Etymology 2
From high .
Adjective
hi
Informal spelling of high , often in hyphenated terms.
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Derived terms
See also
Anagrams
Albanian
Etymology
Tosk form of Gheg hî (pl. hin ), from Proto-Albanian *skina , from *skines , from Proto-Indo-European *ḱenHis (compare Latin cinis ( “ dust; cinder ” ) , Ancient Greek κόνις ( kónis , “ ashes; dust ” ) ).
Noun
hi m (definite hiri )
ash , ashes
dust of corpses
( figurative ) memory of the dead
Derived terms
Basque
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : ( Navarro-Lapurdian ) /hi/
IPA (key ) : ( Southern ) /i/
Rhymes: -i
Hyphenation: hi
Pronoun
hi
( informal , familiar ) Second-person singular personal pronoun ; you
Usage notes
This pronoun is very informal, and is only used between close friends or family members. In all other situations, zu is used.
When addressing someone using this pronoun, all verb forms (including those not governed by hi ) must be in allocutive agreement . For example:
Mahaia handia da . ― The table is big.
Mahaia handia duk . ― The table is big. (informal, to a male)
Mahaia handia dun . ― The table is big. (informal, to a female)
Declension
Declension of Basque personal pronouns
Common pronouns
singular
plural
1st person
2nd person (informal)
2nd person (neutral)
1st person
2nd person
absolutive
ni
hi
zu
gu
zuek
ergative
nik
hik
zuk
guk
dative
niri
hiri
zuri
guri
zuei
genitive
nire ,ene
hire
zure
gure
zuen
comitative
nirekin ,enekin
hirekin
zurekin
gurekin
zuekin
causative
nigatik , niregatik ,enegatik
higatik , hiregatik
zugatik , zuregatik
gugatik , guregatik
zuengatik
benefactive
niretzat , niretako ,enetzat ,enetako
hiretzat , hiretako
zuretzat , zuretako
guretzat , guretako
zuentzat , zuendako
instrumental
nitaz
hitaz
zutaz
gutaz
zuetaz
inessive
nigan , niregan , nire baitan , nitan ,enegan , ene baitan
higan , hiregan , hire baitan , hitan
zugan , zuregan , zure baitan , zutan
gugan , guregan , gure baitan , gutan
zuengan , zuen baitan , zuetan
locative
nire baitako , ene baitako
hire baitako
gu baitako , gure baitako
zu baitako , zure baitako
zuen baitako
allative
niregana , nireganat , nire baitara , nire baitarat ,enegana , eneganat , ene baitara , ene baitarat
hiregana , hireganat , hire baitara , hire baitarat
zugana , zuregana , zuganat , zureganat ,zu baitara , zure baitara , zu baitarat , zure baitarat
gugana , guregana , guganat , gureganat ,gu baitara , gure baitara , gu baitarat , gure baitarat
zuengana , zuenganat ,zuen baitara , zuen baitarat
terminative
nireganaino , nire baitaraino ,eneganaino
higanaino , hireganaino ,hire baitaraino
zuganaino , zureganaino ,zu baitaraino , zure baitaraino
guganaino , gureganaino ,gu baitaraino , gure baitaraino
zuenganaino ,zuen baitaraino
directive
niganantz , nireganantz ,eneganantz
higanantz , hireganantz
zuganantz , zureganantz
guganantz , gureganantz
zuenganantz
destinative
niganako , nireganako ,eneganako
higanako , hireganako
zuganako , zureganako
guganako , gureganako
zuenganako
ablative
nireganik , niregandik , nire baitatik , nire baitarik ,eneganik , enegandik , ene baitatik , ene baitarik
higanik , hireganik , higandik , hiregandik ,hire baitatik , hire baitarik
zuganik , zureganik , zugandik , zuregandik ,zu baitatik , zu baitarik , zure baitatik , zure baitarik
guganik , gureganik , gugandik , guregandik ,gu baitatik , gu baitarik , gure baitatik , gure baitarik
zuenganik , zuengandik ,zuen baitatik , zuen baitarik
Emphatic pronouns
absolutive
neu
heu
zeu
geu
zeuek
ergative
neuk
heuk
zeuk
geuk
dative
neuri
heuri
zeuri
geuri
zeuei
genitive
neure
heure
zeure
geure
zeuen
comitative
neurekin
heurekin
zeurekin
geurekin
zeuekin
causative
neugatik , neuregatik
heugatik , heuregatik
zugatik , zuregatik
gugatik , guregatik
zuengatik
benefactive
neuretzat , neuretako
heuretzat , heuretako
zeuretzat , zeuretako
geuretzat , geuretako
zeuentzat , zeuendako
instrumental
neutaz
heutaz
zeutaz
geutaz
zeuetaz
inessive
neugan
heuregan , heure baitan
zeugan , zeuregan
geugan , geuregan
zeuengan
locative
neure baitako
heure baitako
zeure baitako
geure baitako
zeuen baitako
allative
neuregana
heugana , heuregana , heure baitara , heure baitarat
zeugana , zeuregana
geugana , geuregana
zeuengana
terminative
neuregaino
heuganaino , heureganaino , heure baitaraino
zeuganaino , zeureganaino
geuganaino , geureganaino
zeuenganaino
directive
neuganantz
heuganantz , heureganantz
zeuganantz , zeureganantz
geuganantz , geureganantz
zeuenganantz
destinative
neureganako
heuganako , heureganako
zeuganako , zeureganako
geuganako , geureganako
zeuenganako
ablative
neuganik , neugandik
heuganik , heureganik , heugandik , heuregandik ,heure baitatik , heure baitarik
zeuganik , zeureganik , zeugandik , zeuregandik
geuganik , geureganik , geugandik , geuregandik
zeuenganik , zeuengandik
Derived terms
Further reading
“hi ”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy ], Euskaltzaindia
“hi ”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary ], Euskaltzaindia , 1987–2005
Bavarian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle High German hin , hine , from Old High German hina . Compare German hin , Dutch heen and English hence .
Adverb
hi
Used to denote direction away from the speaker.
Wo gehst'n hi ? ― Where are you going?
Derived terms
See also
Etymology 2
Clipping of Middle High German hinüber .
Adjective
hi (predicative )
out of order , broken
Des Auto is hi . ― The car is broken .
exhausted , depleted
Nåchn Spuat gestern woar i afoch nur hi . ― I was just exhausted after yesterday's sport.
( derogatory ) dead , deceased
Auffigstiegn, owigfoin, hi gwen. ― Ascended, fell off, dead .
( figuratively , derogatory , chiefly East Central Bavarian, Vienna ) stupid
Synonyms: ågrennt , deppert , waach
Bist hi in der Marün? ― Are you stupid?
Synonyms
Breton
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *sī . Cognate to Welsh hi .
Pronoun
hi
she
Catalan
Etymology
Inherited from Old Catalan y , i , hic , from Latin hīc ( “ here ” ) and ibī ( “ there ” ) . Compare French y .
Pronunciation
Pronoun
hi (enclitic and proclitic )
represents a place associated with the action described by the verb, unless the place would be introduced by the preposition de
there (in constructions such as "there is ", "there are ", etc.: see haver-hi )
replaces an adverb (or adverbial phrase) describing the manner, instrument or association of an action
replaces a phrase introduced by any preposition except de (most commonly a or en )
replaces an indefinite noun or an adjective which is the predicate of a verb other than ésser , esdevenir , estar or semblar
( Central ) in combination with other object pronouns, the third-person singular indirect object pronoun ("to him", "to her", "to it")
Usage notes
When more than one object pronoun is associated with a given verb, hi is always the last in the group.
Hi and ho cannot be used together with the same verb, nor can two hi s be used together.
It is sometimes stated that hi is never used to replace a complement beginning with de . This is not completely accurate, as hi can replace adverbial phrases such as de pressa , de sobte , etc.
Declension
Catalan personal pronouns and clitics
strong/subject
weak (direct object)
weak (indirect object)
possessive
singular
proclitic
enclitic
proclitic
enclitic
1st person
jo , mi 3
em , m’
-me , ’m
em , m’
-me , ’m
meu
1st person majestic 1
nós
ens
-nos , ’ns
ens
-nos , ’ns
nostre
2nd person
tu
et , t’
-te , ’t
et , t’
-te , ’t
teu
2nd person formal 1
vós
us
-vos , -us
us
-vos , -us
vostre
2nd person very formal 2
vostè
el , l’
-lo , ’l
li
-li
seu
3rd person masculine
ell
el , l’
-lo , ’l
li
-li
seu
3rd person feminine
ella
la , l’ 4
-la
li
-li
seu
3rd person neuter
ho
-ho
li
-li
seu
3rd person reflexive
si
es , s’
-se , ’s
es , s’
-se , ’s
seu
plural
1st person
nosaltres
ens
-nos , ’ns
ens
-nos , ’ns
nostre
2nd person
vosaltres
us
-vos , -us
us
-vos , -us
vostre
2nd person formal 2
vostès
els
-los , ’ls
els
-los , ’ls
seu
3rd person masculine
ells
els
-los , ’ls
els
-los , ’ls
seu
3rd person feminine
elles
les
-les
els
-los , ’ls
seu
3rd person reflexive
si
es , s’
-se , ’s
es , s’
-se , ’s
seu
adverbial
ablative /genitive
en , n’
-ne , ’n
locative
hi
-hi
1) Behaves grammatically as plural.2) Behaves grammatically as third person.
3) Only as object of a preposition.4) Not before unstressed (h)i-, (h)u-.
Derived terms
( Proclitic contractions ) : l'hi , m'hi , n'hi , s'hi , t'hi
( Enclitic contractions ) : -ens-hi , -l'hi , -la-hi , -les-hi , -los-hi , 'ls-hi , -m'hi , -n'hi , 'ns-hi , -s'hi , -t'hi , -us-hi , -vos-hi
See also
Further reading
Chinese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From English hi . Doublet of 嗨 ( hāi ) .
Interjection
hi
( Hong Kong Cantonese ) hi ( interjection )
Etymology 2
From English hi , see hi auntie for more.
Verb
hi
( Hong Kong Cantonese , euphemistic , originally Internet slang , neologism ) Alternative form of 屌 ( diu2 )
See also
Etymology 3
Irregular romanisation of 揩 ( haai1 ) .
Verb
hi
( Hong Kong Cantonese ) Alternative form of 揩 ( haai1 )
Cornish
Etymology 1
From Proto-Celtic *sī . Cognate to Welsh hi .
Pronoun
hi
she (third-person feminine singular personal pronoun).
Etymology 2
Noun
hi
Aspirate mutation of ki .
Danish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Norwegian hi , from Old Norse hið .
Noun
hi n (singular definite hiet , plural indefinite hier )
winter quarters , winter lair (for hibernation); hibernation ( used literally or figuratively )
at gå i hi
to enter hibernation
Declension
Synonyms
Etymology 2
Onomatopoeia for laughter or giggling.
Interjection
hi
( onomatopoeia ) Signifies giggling.
See also
Fasu
Noun
hị
( Namumi ) Synonym of he
References
German
Etymology
Borrowed from English hi , from 1990s digitalization.
Pronunciation
Interjection
hi
( very informal ) hi
Synonym: moin
Further reading
“hi ” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
Japanese
Romanization
hi
The hiragana syllable ひ ( hi ) or the katakana syllable ヒ ( hi ) in Hepburn romanization.
Kankanaey
Pronunciation
( Standard Kankanaey ) IPA (key ) : /ˈhi/
Rhymes: -i
Syllabification: hi
Article
hi
Pronunciation variant of si .
Latin
Pronoun
hī
nominative masculine plural of hic
Maltese
Etymology
From Arabic هِيَ ( hiya ) .
Pronunciation
Pronoun
hi
Alternative form of hija
Inflection
Inflected forms of hi
positive
hija , hi
negative
mhijiex , mhix
possessive pronoun
tagħha
basic suffix
-ha
direct object suffix
-ha
indirect object suffix
-lha
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch hīe .
Pronunciation
Pronoun
hi
he
Inflection
Middle Dutch personal pronouns
Descendants
Further reading
“hi ”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek , 2000
Verwijs, E. , Verdam, J. (1885–1929 ) “hi (I) ”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek , The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN , page I
Middle English
Etymology 1
Pronoun
hi
Alternative form of I ( “ I ” )
Etymology 2
Pronoun
hi
Alternative form of he ( “ he ” )
Etymology 3
Pronoun
hi
Alternative form of heo ( “ she ” )
Etymology 4
Pronoun
hi
Alternative form of he ( “ they ” )
Middle Low German
Pronunciation
Pronoun
hî
Alternative form of hê .
Naga Pidgin
Etymology
From Hindi ही ( hī ) .
Particle
hi
an emphatic particle
Namuyi
Pronunciation
Noun
hi
month
References
Li Jianfu (2017 ) A Descriptive Grammar of Namuyi Khatho spoken by Namuyi Tibetans , Victoria: La Trobe University (PhD Thesis), page 472
North Frisian
Etymology
From Old Frisian hī , from Proto-West Germanic *hiʀ , from Proto-Germanic *hiz , from Proto-Indo-European *ḱe .
Pronoun
hi
he
Hi wal sin frinjer üüb Feer beschük. ― He wants to visit his relatives on Föhr.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Norse hið and híði .
Noun
hi n (definite singular hiet , indefinite plural hi , definite plural hia )
lair ( of an animal ) , sett ( badgers )
Bjørnene har gått i hi for vinteren. The bears have entered their lairs for the winter.
Etymology 2
Determiner
hi f (masculine hin , neuter hitt , plural hine )
feminine singular of hin
Etymology 3
Interjection
hi
hee ; expression of snickering
References
“hi” in The Nynorsk Dictionary .
Old English
Pronunciation
Pronoun
hī
Alternative form of hīe ( “ they ” )
Old Frisian
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *hiʀ , from Proto-Germanic *hiz . Cognates include Old English hē and Old Dutch hie .
Pronunciation
Pronoun
hī
he
Declension
Old Frisian personal pronoun declensions
Descendants
North Frisian:
Most dialects: hi , he
Halligen: hii
Saterland Frisian: hie
West Frisian: hy
References
Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009 ) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary , Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN
Old Irish
Etymology 1
Preposition
hi
Alternative spelling of i
Etymology 2
Particle
hi
Alternative spelling of í
Pali
Alternative scripts
𑀳𑀺 ( Brahmi script ) हि ( Devanagari script ) হি ( Bengali script ) හි ( Sinhalese script ) ဟိ or ႁိ ( Burmese script ) หิ ( Thai script ) ᩉᩥ ( Tai Tham script ) ຫິ ( Lao script ) ហិ ( Khmer script ) 𑄦𑄨 ( Chakma script )
Conjunction
hi
for , because
Adverb
hi
indeed , certainly
References
Pirahã
Etymology
Possibly related to Guaraní ha'e
Pronunciation
Pronoun
hi
he , she (third-person subject pronoun)
him , her (third-person object pronoun)
Sumerian
Romanization
hi
Romanization of 𒄭 ( ḫi )
Vietnamese
Pronunciation
Verb
hi
to bare one's teeth
Hi răng ra coi nào. Come on, show me your teeth.
See also
Welsh
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Proto-Celtic *sī (compare Old Irish sí ).
Pronoun
hi
she , her
Etymology 2
Noun
hi
h-prothesized form of i
Mutation
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Yilan Creole
Etymology
From Japanese 火( ひ ) ( hi , “ fire ” ) .
Pronunciation
Noun
hi
fire
Yola
Etymology
From Middle English hi ( “ they, them ” ) , from Old English hīe , hī .
Pronunciation
Pronoun
hi
they
1867 , “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY , number 5, pages 86[ 1] :Mot w'all aar boust, hi soon was ee-teight But with all their bravado they were soon taught
1867 , “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY , number 8, pages 86[ 1] :Hi kinket an keilt, ee vewe aam 'twode snite.They kicked and rolled, the few that appeared.
them
1927 , “ZONG OF TWI MAARKEET MOANS”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD , page 129 , lines 7[ 2] :Shu ztaared an shu ztudied hi near parshagh moan, She stared and she studied (them ) by the other passive woman,
References
↑ 1.0 1.1 Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland , London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867
^ Kathleen A. Browne (1927 ) The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland Sixth Series, Vol.17 No.2 , Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland
Yoruba
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /hí/
Noun
hí
The name of the Latin-script letter H /h .
See also
( Latin-script letter names ) lẹ́tà ; á , bí , dí , é , ẹ́ , fí , gí , gbì , hí , í , jí , kí , lí , mí , ní , ó , ọ́ , pí , rí , sí , ṣí , tí , ú , wí , yí
Etymology 2
Preposition
hí
( Ikalẹ ) to , at , toward ( used when movement is implied )
Derived terms
See also
Zou
Pronunciation
Noun
hi
disease
References
Lukram Himmat Singh (2013 ) A Descriptive Grammar of Zou , Canchipur: Manipur University, page 40