хи

Chechen

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Nakh *xi. Cognates include Bats ხი (xi) and Ingush хий (xii).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxi/

Noun

хи • (xi) class dd

1. water
2. river

Declension

Declension of хи

	singular	plural
nominative	хи (xi)	хиш (xiš)
genitive	хин (xin)	хийн (xiı̇n)
dative	хина (xina)	хишна (xišna)
ergative	хино̄, хе̄ (xinoo, xee)	хиша (xiša)
allative	хине̄, хе̄ (xinee, xee)	хишка (xiška)
instrumental	хица (xica)	хишца (xišca)
lative	хих (xix)	хийх (xiı̇x)
comparative	хил (xil)	хийл (xiı̇l)

References

• Matsiev, Akhmat G. (1927), Чеченско-русский словарь / Нохчийн-оьрсийн словарь [Chechen-Russian dictionary] (in Russian), Grozny: Typographic-literary publishing house of the newspaper “Serlo”, Krainatsizdat, page 133
• Matsiev, Akhmat G. (1961), Чеченско-русский словарь / Нохчийн-оьрсийн словарь [Chechen-Russian dictionary] (in Russian), Moscow: State Publishing House of Foreign and Ethnicity Dictionaries, page 438
• Nichols, Johanna; Vagapov, Arbi (2004), “хи”, in Chechen–English and English–Chechen Dictionary, London and New York: RoutledgeCurzon, page 213b

Even

Etymology

From Proto-Tungusic *si (“you, thou”). Compare Manchu ᠰᡳ (si), Evenki си (si), Nanai си (si).

Pronoun

хи (hi)

1. you (singular)

Ingush

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Nakh *xeᶰ. Cognates include Bats ხეჼ (xẽ) and Chechen хен (xen).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxi/

Noun

хи • (xi) class bd

1. big tree
2. large log

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

References

• Nichols, Johanna B. (2004), “хи”, in Ingush–English and English–Ingush Dictionary, London and New York: Routledge, page 160b

Ket

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Yeniseian *pʰīˑ (“bird cherry tree”, Prunus padus).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [hiˑ˧]

Noun

хи (hī) n (no plural)

1. bird cherry tree; alder buckthorn tree (Prunus padus)

Further reading

• Werner, Heinrich (2002), Vergleichendes Wörterbuch der Jenissej-Sprachen, volume 1, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 320
• Kotorova, Elizaveta; Nefedov, Andrey (2015), Большой словарь кетского языка, Münich: LINCOM, →ISBN, page 182

Macedonian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [xi]

Noun

хи • (hi) n

1. chi (Greek letter)

Declension

Declension of хи

	singular
indefinite	хи (hi)
definite unspecified	хито (hito)
definite proximal	хиво (hivo)
definite distal	хино (hino)
vocative	хи (hi)

Russian

Etymology 1

Interjection

хи • (xi)

1. (onomatopoeia) hee (an expression of laughter)

Derived terms

• хи-хи́ (xi-xí)
• хихи́кать (xixíkatʹ)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Ancient Greek χεῖ (kheî).

Noun

хи • (xi) n inan (indeclinable)

1. chi (the Greek letter Χ/χ)

See also

• (Greek-script letter names) альфа, бета, гамма, дельта, эпсилон, дзета / зита, эта / ита, тета / фита, йота, каппа, лямбда, мю, ню, кси, омикрон, пи, ро, сигма, тау, ипсилон, фи, хи, пси, омега