Seehehe.
hihi
- Alternative form ofhehe.
FromMaorihihi(“ray of sun”)
hihi (pluralhihis)
- Synonym ofstitchbird.
FromEnglishhi. Originally used in the word censor implemented inHong Kong Golden Forum.
hihi
- (Hong Kong Cantonese, originally Internetslang, euphemistic, neologism)synonym of仆街(Classifier:個／个c; 條／条c)
hi⫽hi (verb-object)
- (Hong Kong Cantonese, originally Internetslang, euphemistic, neologism)synonym of仆街
hihi
- (Hong Kong Cantonese, originally Internetslang, euphemistic, neologism)synonym of仆街
- Hi Hi onThe Encyclopedia of Virtual Communities in Hong Kong
FromVaihihi.
- IPA(key): /hi.hi/,/hi.ɡə.hi/,/hu.hu/
hihi
- (biology) owl
- Lorenzo Dow Turner,Africanisms in the Gullah Dialect (1969)
FromProto-Nuclear Polynesian*fifi (compare withMaoriwhiwhi “to entangle, to wrap around”,Tahitianfifi “chain”)[1] related toProto-Oceanic*pisi (compare withTonganfifi “tangled, intricate, complicated”,Samoanfisi “entwine” andFijianvici “to bind, to coil”).[2][3]
hihi
- toentangle, tointertwine
- tointermingle
- tocreep, tospread
hihi
- entanglement,web
- snare
- ^Pukui, Mary Kawena; Elbert, Samuel H. (1986), “hihi”, inHawaiian Dictionary, revised & enlarged edition, Honolulu, HI: University of Hawai'i Press,→ISBN, page68
- ^See “fifi.2a”, “fisi” in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online. Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011).
- ^Ross, Malcolm D.; Pawley, Andrew; Osmond, Meredith (1998),The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volume 1: Material Culture, Canberra: Australian National University,→ISBN, pages292-3
hihi
- Rōmaji transcription ofひひ
- Rōmaji transcription ofヒヒ
hihi
- hehe
hihi
- feeler,antenna
- IPA(key): [ˈhi.hi]
- Hyphenation:hi‧hi
FromProto-Nuclear Polynesian*sisi. Cognates includeSamoansisi andTuvaluanhihi.
hihi (pluraltahihi)
- (transitive) tohoist
- (transitive) tohang
hihi
- the act ofhoisting
- the act ofhanging
FromProto-Polynesian*sisi. Cognates includeFijiancici andTuvaluansisi.
hihi
- ascraper forcoconuts
Borrowed fromSamoansisi, fromEnglishcheese.
hihi
- cheese
hihi
- lower jawbone of afish
- R. Simona, editor (1986),Tokelau Dictionary[1], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page317
