heri

See also: Heri, héri, herí, and həri

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₃eros (“elevated”).

Adverb

heri

  1. on a mountain

Icelandic

Noun

heri

  1. indefinite accusative plural of her

Interlingua

Etymology

From Latin heri.

Adverb

heri

  1. yesterday

Antonyms

Japanese

Romanization

heri

  1. Rōmaji transcription of へり

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Probably a remodelling of here < Proto-Italic *hezi with the o-stem locative ending of domī, afterwards affected by iambic shortening. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰǵʰyés.

Pronunciation

Adverb

herī̆ (not comparable)

  1. yesterday

Antonyms
  • (antonym(s) of “tomorrow”): crās

Derived terms

Descendants

References
  1. Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1984) “ayer”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volumes I (A–Ca), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 427
  2. Rubattu, Antoninu (2006) Dizionario universale della lingua di Sardegna, "ieri"

Further reading
  • “heri”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “heri”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “heri”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *hari, see also Old English here, Old Norse herr.

Noun

heri n or m

  1. army

Declension

Dative plural heriun

Descendants

Old Norse

Alternative forms

Etymology

Related to the voiced Verner alternant of Proto-Germanic *hasô.

Noun

heri m

  1. hare

Descendants

References
  • “heri”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “heri”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “heri”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Entry "heri" on page 195 in: Geir T. Zoëga "A Concise Dictionary of Old Islandic", Oxford at the Claredon Press (1910).

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

From Dutch heel.

Adjective

heri

  1. complete, full, whole

Adverb

heri

  1. very

Swahili

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic خَيْر (ḵayr).

Pronunciation
  • Audio (Kenya)(file)

Noun

heri (n class, plural heri)

  1. happiness, good (things)
    kila la heri ― all the best
    kheri ya sikukuu yako ya kuzaliwa ― happy birthday (literally, “happiness of your holiday of birthing”)

Derived terms

Adverb

heri

  1. better (when beginning a clause, "it is better that...")
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