hē

See also: Appendix:Variations of "he"

Hawaiian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈheː/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Eastern Polynesian *fee. Cognate with Māori whē (“stick insect”).

Noun

hē

1. caterpillar (insect)

Etymology 2

Noun

hē

1. grave (excavation for burial)

Etymology 3

Noun

hē

1. The name of the Latin script letter H/h.

Further reading

• hē in Combined Hawaiian Dictionary, at trussel2.com.

Mandarin

Alternative forms

• he — nonstandard

Pronunciation

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Romanization

hē (he¹, Zhuyin ㄏㄜ)

1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 呵
2. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 喝
3. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 嗬
4. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 峆
5. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 抲
6. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 欭
7. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 苙
8. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 荰
9. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蠚
10. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 訶 / 诃
11. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 𠀀

Māori

Noun

hē

1. fault

Verb

hē

1. to err

Adjective

hē

1. wrong

Mehri

Pronoun

hē

1. he (third-person masculine singular pronoun)

References

• Aaron Rubin, The Mehri Language of Oman

Tokelauan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈheː]
• Hyphenation: hē

Etymology 1

From Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *seqe. Cognates include Tuvaluan hē and Samoan sē.

Particle

hē

1. Negates a stative verb; not

See also

• hēki

Etymology 2

From Proto-Polynesian *se. Cognates include Māori hē and Samoan sē.

Verb

hē

1. (intransitive) to lose one's way, get lost

Etymology 3

Te hē.

From Proto-Polynesian *seqe. Cognates include Māori whē and Samoan sē.

Noun

hē

1. locust, grasshopper

References

• R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎^[1], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 304