hei

hei (plural heis)

1. Alternative spelling of he (Hebrew letter)

• hie

• haim, heim, hemmu

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

hei n

1. (Formazza) home

• Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

hei

1. Aspirate mutation of kei.

• IPA^(key): /ɦɛi̯/

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• Hyphenation: hei
• Rhymes: -ɛi̯
• Homophones: hij, Hei

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

1. Alternative form of heide

- general:

- toponyms:

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

hei

1. inflection of heien:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. imperative

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.

• IPA^(key): /ˈhei̯/, [ˈhe̞i̯]

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• Rhymes: -ei
• Syllabification^(key): hei

hei

1. hi (greeting)
2. hey (to get someone's attention)
3. bye (often repeated twice: hei hei)

• “hei”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

• hie

hei

1. first-person singular present indicative of haber
2. (reintegrationist norm) first-person singular present indicative of haver

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

• IPA^(key): /hɛɪ̯/, /haɪ̯/

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.

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

1. (Paderbornisch, personal) he

From Proto-Finnic *hei. Cognates include Finnish hei and Estonian hei.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈhei̯/, [ˈhe̞i̯]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈhei̯/, [ˈhe̞i̯]
• Rhymes: -ei̯
• Hyphenation: hei

hei

1. Used to attract attention: hey! oi!

• hoi

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 54

hei

1. Rōmaji transcription of へい

• ei

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /hei̯/, [hɛi̯]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ej/, [ɛj]

hei

1. ah! oh!; an expression of grief or fear

   hei mihi! ― alas! woe is me!

• “hei”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “hei”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• hei in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

hei

1. hey

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.

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

hei

1. here, in this place

• heiansdo

hei (hei⁵／hei⁰, Zhuyin ˙ㄏㄟ)

1. Nonstandard spelling of hēi.
2. Nonstandard spelling of hèi.

• Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

hei

1. Future locative particle

hei (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of hey (“hay”)

hei

1. Alternative form of hey (“hey”)

hei

1. Alternative form of heye (“hedge”)

hei

1. Alternative form of he (“they”)

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

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

hei (comparative heier, superlative heiest)

1. Alternative form of heigh (“high”)

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.

hei n

1. hay

• heibeger

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

From Old Norse hei.

• IPA^(key): /hæɪ/
• Rhymes: -æɪ

hei

1. hi (greeting)
   • hei!

     hi!

• heie

From Old Norse heiðr.

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

1. a heath or moor

• “hei” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

• IPA^(key): /hɛɪː/

From Old Norse hei.

hei

1. hi (greeting)
   • hei!

     hi!

• heie

From Old Norse heiðr. Akin to English heath.

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

1. a heath or moor

• heilo

• “hei” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Proto-West Germanic *hugi.

hei m

1. mind, sense

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

• North Frisian: huwggje

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

From Old Galician-Portuguese ei, from a Proto-Romance */ˈajo/, from Latin habeō,[1] from Proto-Italic *habēō or *haβēō, the latter may be from Proto-Indo-European *gʰeh₁bʰ- (“to grab, to take”).

• Homophone: ei
• Hyphenation: hei

hei

1. first-person singular present indicative of haver

• -ei

Onomatopoeic.

• IPA^(key): /hej/

hei

1. hey

• hai (Vallader)

hei

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

• bainschi hei

• (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

hei

1. (South Scots, personal) he

• ei

From English high.

hei

1. high

From English hare.

hei

1. paca

• ei