hei
- (international standards)ISO 639-3language code forHeiltsuk.
hei (pluralheis)
- Alternative spelling ofhe(Hebrew letter)
etymologically unrelated multiword terms containing "hei"
FromOld High Germanheim, fromProto-Germanic*haimaz. Cognate withGermanHeim,Dutchheem,Englishhome,Danishhjem, alsoAlbaniankomb.
hei n
- (Formazza)home
hei
- Aspirate mutation ofkei.
Fromheide with regular d-weakening (compareveder/veer,weder/weer,leder/leer, and so forth).
hei f (pluralheidesorheiden,diminutiveheitje n)
- Alternative form ofheide
See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.
hei
- inflection ofheien:
- first-personsingularpresentindicative
- (in case ofinversion)second-personsingularpresentindicative
- imperative
FromProto-Finnic*hei (compareEstonianhei,Ingrianhei,Karelianhei,Ludianhei,Vepshei). Compare alsoOld Norsehei (whenceSwedishhej) andEnglishhey.
hei
- hi(greeting)
- hey(to get someone's attention)
- bye(often repeated twice:hei hei)
hei
- first-personsingularpresentindicative ofhaber
- (reintegrationist norm)first-personsingularpresentindicative ofhaver
- (more common in the western dialects, though still found in Mecklenburgisch, Western Pomeranian and Low Prussian alongsidehei)he
- hai
hei m (genitivesin,dativeem,dative 2jüm,accusativeen)
- (in some dialects, including Mecklenburgisch, Western Pomeranian and Low Prussian, personal)Alternative form ofhe
- (Low Prussian)Hei ös to lat.
- He is too late.
hei m (dativeühneorühm'orühm,accusativeühneorühnoriähne,weak accusativene)
- (Paderbornisch, personal)he
FromProto-Finnic*hei. Cognates includeFinnishhei andEstonianhei.
hei
- Used to attract attention:hey!oi!
- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971)Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page54
hei
- Rōmaji transcription ofへい
Expressive.
hei
- ah!oh!;an expression of grief or fear
- hei mihi! ―alas! woe is me!
- “hei”, inCharlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879)A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “hei”, inCharlton T. Lewis (1891)An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- hei inGaffiot, Félix (1934)Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
hei
- hey
FromMiddle High Germanhī, contraction ofhie, fromOld High Germanhia, alternative form ofhiar, fromProto-Germanic*hē₂r. Compare archaicGermanhie. Also cognate withGermanhier,Dutchhier,Englishhere.
hei
- here, in this place
- hei in theLëtzebuerger Online Dictionnaire
hei (hei5 /hei0,Zhuyin˙ㄏㄟ)
- Nonstandard spelling ofhēi.
- Nonstandard spelling ofhèi.
- Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the criticaltonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.
(Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium.)
hei
- Future locative particle
FromProto-Polynesian*sei (compare withTahitianhei andSamoansei)[1][2]
hei
- flowergarland,lei
- ^Tregear, Edward (1891)Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary[1], Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, pages59-60
- ^Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “sei.1b”, inPOLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online
- “hei” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011,→ISBN.
hei (uncountable)
- Alternative form ofhey(“hay”)
hei
- Alternative form ofhey(“hey”)
hei
- Alternative form ofheye(“hedge”)
hei
- Alternative form ofhe(“they”)
hei (third-person singular simple presentheieth,present participleheiende,heiynge,first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participleheied)
- Alternative form ofheien(“to lift up”)
hei (comparativeheier,superlativeheiest)
- Alternative form ofheigh(“high”)
FromMiddle High Germanhöuwe, fromOld High Germanhewi,houwi, fromProto-West Germanic*hawi, fromProto-Germanic*hawją(“hay”). Cognate withGermanHeu,Englishhay.
hei n
- hay
FromOld Norsehei.
hei
- hi(greeting)
FromOld Norseheiðr.
hei f orm (definite singularheiaorheien,indefinite pluralheier,definite pluralheiene)
- aheath ormoor
- “hei” inThe Bokmål Dictionary.
FromOld Norsehei.
hei
- hi(greeting)
FromOld Norseheiðr. Akin toEnglishheath.
hei f (definite singularheia,indefinite pluralheierorheiar,definite pluralheieneorheiane)
- aheath ormoor
- “hei” inThe Nynorsk Dictionary.
FromProto-West Germanic*hugi.
hei m
- mind,sense
This noun needs aninflection-table template.
- hey(obsolete)
- ey(obsolete)
- ei(obsolete)
FromOld Galician-Portugueseei, from a Proto-Romance */ˈajo/, fromLatinhabeō,[1] fromProto-Italic*habēō or*haβēō, the latter may be fromProto-Indo-European*gʰeh₁bʰ-(“to grab, to take”).
hei
- first-personsingularpresentindicative ofhaver
Onomatopoeic.
hei
- hey
hei
- (Puter, Vallader)yes (used to indicate agreement with the speaker in a conversation)
hei
- (Southern Scots, personal)he
FromEnglishhigh.
hei
- high
FromEnglishhare.
hei
- paca
FromProto-Polynesian*sei (compare withMaorihei andSamoansei)[1]
hei
- flowergarland,lei
- ^Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “sei.1b”, inPOLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online
hei
- to bespicy
- toask
- Samson Alexander Lotven (2021) The Sound Systems of Zophei Dialects and Other Maraic Languages (Dissertation)[3]
