hei

See also: héi, hēi, and héí

English

Noun

hei (plural heis)

1. Alternative spelling of he (Hebrew letter)

Anagrams

• hie

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Alemannic German

Alternative forms

• haim, heim, hemmu

Etymology

From Old High German heim, from Proto-Germanic *haimaz. Cognate with German Heim, Dutch heem, English home, Danish hjem, also Albanian komb.

Noun

hei n

1. (Formazza) home

References

• “hei” in Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

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Cornish

Noun

hei

1. Aspirate mutation of kei.

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɦɛi̯/

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• Hyphenation: hei
• Rhymes: -ɛi̯
• Homophone: hij

Noun

hei f (plural heides or heiden, diminutive heitje n)

1. Alternative form of heide

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Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *hei (compare Estonian hei, Ingrian hei, Karelian hei, Ludian hei, Veps hei). Compare also Old Norse hei (whence Swedish hej) and English hey.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhei̯/, [ˈhe̞i̯]

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -ei
• Syllabification: hei

Interjection

hei

1. hi
2. bye (often repeated twice for goodbye: "hei hei")
3. hey

Derived terms

• hei-huuto

Anagrams

• hie

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Galician

Verb

hei

1. first-person singular present indicative of haber

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German Low German

Alternative forms

• (more common in the western dialects, though still found in Mecklenburgisch, Western Pomeranian and Low Prussian alongside hei) he

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɛɪ̯/, /haɪ̯/

Pronoun

hei m (genitive sin, dative em, dative 2 jüm, accusative en)

1. (in some dialects, including, Mecklenburgisch, Western Pomeranian and Low Prussian, personal) Alternative form of he

   (Low Prussian) Hei ös to lat.

   He is too late.

Pronoun

hei m (dative ühne or ühm' or ühm, accusative ühne or ühn or iähne, weak accusative ne)

1. (Paderbornisch, personal) he

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Japanese

Romanization

hei

1. Rōmaji transcription of へい

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Latvian

Interjection

hei

1. hey

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Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Middle High German hī, contraction of hie, from Old High German hia, alternative form of hiar, from Proto-Germanic *hē₂r. Compare archaic German hie. Also cognate with German hier, Dutch hier, English here.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hai̯/, [hɑɪ̯]
• Rhymes: -ɑɪ

Adverb

hei

1. here, in this place

Derived terms

• heiansdo

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Mandarin

Romanization

hei (Zhuyin ˙ㄏㄟ)

1. Nonstandard spelling of hēi.

Usage notes

• English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

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Maori

Particle

hei

1. Future locative particle

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Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

hei (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of hey (“hay”)

Etymology 2

Interjection

hei

1. Alternative form of hey (“hey”)

Etymology 3

Noun

hei

1. Alternative form of heye (“hedge”)

Etymology 4

Pronoun

hei

1. Alternative form of he (“they”)

Etymology 5

Verb

hei (third-person singular simple present heieth, present participle heiynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle heied)

1. Alternative form of heien (“to lift up”)

Etymology 6

Adjective

hei (comparative heier, superlative heiest)

1. Alternative form of heigh (“high”)

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Mòcheno

Etymology

From Middle High German höuwe, from Old High German hewi, houwi, from Proto-West Germanic *hawi, from Proto-Germanic *hawją (“hay”). Cognate with German Heu, English hay.

Noun

hei n

1. hay

Related terms

• heibeger

References

• “hei” in Cimbrian, Ladin, Mòcheno: Getting to know 3 peoples. 2015. Servizio minoranze linguistiche locali della Provincia autonoma di Trento, Trento, Italy.

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse hei.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hæɪ/
• Rhymes: -æɪ

Interjection

hei

1. hi (greeting)
   • hei!

     hi!

Derived terms

• heie

Etymology 2

From Old Norse heiðr.

Noun

hei f or m (definite singular heia or heien, indefinite plural heier, definite plural heiene)

1. a heath or moor

References

• “hei” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hæɪ/

Etymology 1

From Old Norse hei.

Interjection

hei

1. hi (greeting)
   • hei!

     hi!

Derived terms

• heie

Etymology 2

From Old Norse heiðr. Akin to English heath.

Noun

hei f (definite singular heia, indefinite plural heier or heiar, definite plural heiene or heiane)

1. a heath or moor

Derived terms

• heilo

References

• “hei” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Old Frisian

Noun

hei m

1. mind, sense

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• hey (obsolete)
• ey (obsolete)
• ei (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Portuguese ei, from a Proto-Ibero-Romance variety ai, from Vulgar Latin *aio, from Latin habeō, from Proto-Italic *habēō or *haβēō, the latter may be from Proto-Indo-European *gʰeh₁bʰ- (“to grab, to take”).

Pronunciation

• (Portugal, Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈej/

Verb

hei

1. First-person singular (eu) present indicative of haver

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Romansch

Alternative forms

• (Vallader) hai

Interjection

hei

1. (Puter, Vallader) yes (used to indicate agreement with the speaker in a conversation)

Derived terms

• bainschi hei

Related terms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sutsilvan, Surmiran) gea
• (Rumantsch Grischun, Vallader) bain
• (Sursilvan) gie, (Sursilvan) bein
• (Sutsilvan) bagn
• (Sutsilvan, Surmiran) ea
• (Surmiran) gea bagn
• (Puter, Vallader) bainschi, schi

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Scots

Pronoun

hei

1. (South Scots, personal) he

See also

• ei

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Sranan Tongo

Etymology 1

From English high.

Adjective

hei

1. high

Etymology 2

From English hare.

Noun

hei

1. paca

Alternative forms

• ei