hig

See also: HIG and híg

Translingual

Symbol

hig

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Kamwe.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Kamwe terms

English

Etymology

From or related to Old English hyġe.

Noun

hig

1. (dialectal) A huff; a fit of passion, annoyance, or offense.
   • 1850, Tim Bobbin, Samuel Bamford, Dialect of South Lancashire: Or, Tim Bobbin's Tummus and Meary ; with His Rhymes and an Enlarged and Amended Glossary of Words and Phrases, Chiefly Used by the Rural Population of the Manufacturing Districts of South Lancashire, page 33:

     ... aw leep off, in a great hig, an sed, […]

   • 1889, John Nicholson (School principal), The Folk Speech of East Yorkshire, page 43:

     She was iv a hig, 'cos Ah wadn't let[ ]her hev her new bonnit on.

   • 1890, Peacock, Tales, page 78, quoted in the EDD:

     Off he goas in a hig.

See also

• hig-taper

Aromanian

Alternative forms

• higu, nhig, nhigu

Etymology

From Latin īnfīgō or fīgō. Compare Romanian înfige, înfig.

Verb

hig (third-person singular hidzi or hidze, participle hiptã)

1. to thrust, push into, stick in, dig into

Synonyms

• plãntu

Related terms

• hidziri / hidzire, hidzeari / hidzeare
• hiptu
• hipshu

Middle English

Pronoun

hig

1. alternative form of he (“they”)

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xiːj/, [hiːj]
• Rhymes: -iːj

Etymology 1

Noun

hīġ n

1. alternative form of hīeġ

Etymology 2

Pronoun

hīġ

1. alternative form of hīe

O'odham

Alternative forms

• hik (Saxton)

Etymology

From Proto-Tepiman, from Proto-Uto-Aztecan *sikʷuL (“navel”).

Noun

hig (plural hihig)

1. (anatomy) navel, bellybutton, umbilicus
2. (figuratively, by extension) centre, core

Derived terms

• higaj (“umbilical cord”)
• higpo (“navel”)

References

• Mathiot, Madeleine (2013), Tohono 'O'odham–English Dictionary‎^[2], volume I, archived from the original on 22 November 2019, page 251
• Saxton, Dean; Saxton, Lucille; Enos, Susie (1983), “hik”, in Dictionary: Tohono Oʼodham/Pima to English, English to Tohono Oʼodham/Pima, 2nd edition, Tucson: The University of Arizona Press, published 1998, →ISBN, page 21