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Translingual

Etymology

Clipping of English Hindi, from Hindi हिन्दी (hindī), from Classical Persian هِنْدِی (hindī).

Symbol

hi

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

See also

English

Etymology 1

American English. First recorded reference is to speech of a Kansas Indian (1862); originally to attract attention, probably a variant of Middle English hey, hy (circa 1475). Also an exclamation to call attention. See hey.

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Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Interjection

hi

  1. A friendly, informal, casual greeting said upon someone's arrival.
    Synonyms: hello, greetings, howdy
    Hi, how are you?
    I just dropped by to say “hi”.
    • 2016, VOA Learning English (public domain)
      Anna: Pete, hi! Hi, we are here! — Pete: Hi, Anna! Hi, Marsha! — Anna: Hi! — Pete: How are you two? — Marsha: I am great!
    • 1862, Miriam Davis Colt, Went to Kansas‎[2], L. Ingalls & Company, →ISBN, page 143:
      When out on the prairie, up galloped an Indian on his pony with his saluting "hi!"
  2. An exclamation to call attention.
    • 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter VII, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:
      I made a speaking trumpet of my hands and commenced to whoop “Ahoy!” and “Hello!” at the top of my lungs. […] The Colonel woke up, and, after asking what in brimstone was the matter, opened his mouth and roared “Hi!” and “Hello!” like the bull of Bashan.
    • 1954, J. R. R. Tolkien, The Two Towers:
      'Come back now!' shouted Sam. 'Hi! Come back!' But Gollum had vanished.
  3. (dated outside of Ireland) Expressing wonder or derision.
    How did he do that, hi?
    That’s mad, hi!
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Tok Pisin: hai
  • → Chinese: 嗨 (hāi), hi
  • → German: hi
  • → Hindi: हेलो (helo)
  • → Icelandic: hæ
  • → Malay: hai
  • → Malayalam: ഹായ് (hāyŭ)
  • → Vietnamese: hai
Translations

Noun

hi (plural his)

  1. The word "hi" used as a greeting.
    Synonyms: greeting, hello
    I didn't even get a hi.

Etymology 2

From high.

Adjective

hi

  1. Informal spelling of high, often in hyphenated terms.
    Get hi-quality videos here!
    • 2005 February 8, Atriel, “NPPangband (most angbands really) and lack of ID”, in rec.games.roguelike.angband‎[3] (Usenet):
      ahn... we can enchant items/weapons to (+25,+25) in NPP, using shop services. So, instead of pseudoiding every wimpy weapon, im carrying dragon scales, hi books and stuff to sell to be able to enchant my exec sword.
Derived terms

See also

etymologically unrelated terms containing the word "hi"

Anagrams

Akan

Verb

hi (Twi)

  1. to erode
    Synonyms: sa, we, wewe

References

  • LearnAkan (2018–present), “erode”, in LearnAkanDictionary.com (overall work in English)

Albanian

Etymology

Tosk form of Gheg hî (pl. hin), from Proto-Albanian *skina, from *skines, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱenHis (compare Latin cinis (“dust; cinder”), Ancient Greek κόνις (kónis, “ashes; dust”)).

Noun

hi m (definite hiri)

  1. ash, ashes
  2. dust of corpses
  3. (figurative) memory of the dead

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “hi”, in FMGJSH: Fjalor i madh i gjuhës shqipe (in Albanian), 2026

Antigua and Barbuda Creole English

Pronoun

hi

  1. he
  2. his

Basque

Pronunciation

Pronoun

hi (emphatic forms heu, hihaur, herori)

  1. (informal, familiar) Second-person singular personal pronoun; you

Usage notes

  • This pronoun is very informal, and is only used between close friends or family members. In all other situations, zu is used.
  • When addressing someone using this pronoun, all verb forms (including those not governed by hi) must be in allocutive agreement. For example:
    Mahaia handia da. ― The table is big.
    Mahaia handia duk. ― The table is big. (informal, to a male)
    Mahaia handia dun. ― The table is big. (informal, to a female)

Declension

Declension of hi
absolutive hi
ergative hik
dative hiri
genitive hire
comitative hirekin
causative higatik, hiregatik
benefactive hiretzat, hiretako
instrumental hitaz
inessive higan, hiregan, hire baitan, hitan
locative hire baitako
allative hiregana, hireganat, hire baitara, hire baitarat
terminative higanaino, hireganaino, hire baitaraino
directive higanantz, hireganantz
destinative higanako, hireganako
ablative higanik, hireganik, higandik, hiregandik, hire baitatik, hire baitarik

Derived terms

See also

Basque personal pronouns
singular plural
plain emphatic plain emphatic
1st person ni neu, nihaur, nerau gu geu, guhaur, gerok
2nd person familiar hi heu, hihaur, herori zuek zeuek, zuhauek, zerok
neutral zu zeu, zuhaur, zerori
3rd person use demonstrative and anaphoric pronouns

Further reading

  • “hi”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
  • “hi”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Bavarian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle High German hin, hine, from Old High German hina. Compare German hin, Dutch heen and English hence.

Adverb

hi

  2. Used to denote direction away from the speaker.
    Wo gehst'n hi? ― Where are you going?
Derived terms
See also
Bavarian adverbs of place and direction
adverbs
from to here there
place her hi då/dou dort/duart
inside eina eini/-e, nei herin drin
outside aussa/assa aussi/-e, assi, naus heraust draussn
up auffa/affa auffi/-e, affi, nauf herobn drobn
down åwa åwi/-e, nå, åi herunt druntn
forth fiara fiari/-e vorn davor
behind hinta, hintra hinti/-e, hintri/-e hintn dahinta
over here umma ummi/-e herent drent, entn
over there dåna dåni/-e herdånt hidånt
closer zuara zuari/-e

Etymology 2

Clipping of Middle High German hinüber.

Adjective

hi (predicative)

  1. out of order, broken
    Des Auto is hi. ― The car is broken.
  2. exhausted, depleted
    Nåchn Spuat gestern woar i afoch nur hi. ― I was just exhausted after yesterday's sport.
  3. (derogatory) dead, deceased
    Auffigstiegn, owigfoin, hi gwen. ― Ascended, fell off, dead.
  4. (figuratively, derogatory, chiefly East Central Bavarian, Vienna) stupid
    Synonyms: ågrennt, deppert, waach
    Bist hi in der Marün? ― Are you stupid?
Synonyms

Breton

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *sī. Cognate to Welsh hi.

Pronoun

hi

  1. she

See also

Breton personal pronouns
singular plural
1st person me ni
2nd person te c’hwi
3rd person m eñ int
f hi

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan y, i, hic, from Latin hīc (“here”) and ibī (“there”). Compare French y.

Pronunciation

Pronoun

hi (enclitic and proclitic)

  1. represents a place associated with the action described by the verb, unless the place would be introduced by the preposition de
  2. there (in constructions such as "there is", "there are", etc.: see haver-hi)
  3. replaces an adverb (or adverbial phrase) describing the manner, instrument or association of an action
  4. replaces a phrase introduced by any preposition except de (most commonly a or en)
  5. replaces an indefinite noun or an adjective which is the predicate of a verb other than ésser, esdevenir, estar or semblar
  6. (Central) in combination with other object pronouns, the third-person singular indirect object pronoun ("to him", "to her", "to it")

Usage notes

  • When more than one object pronoun is associated with a given verb, hi is always the last in the group.
  • Hi and ho cannot be used together with the same verb, nor can two his be used together.
  • It is sometimes stated that hi is never used to replace a complement beginning with de. This is not completely accurate, as hi can replace adverbial phrases such as de pressa, de sobte, etc.

Declension

Catalan personal pronouns and clitics
number person nominative proclitic enclitic possessive
accusative dative accusative dative
singular 1st standard jo, mi3 em, m’ -me, ’m meu
majestic1 nós ens -nos, ’ns nostre
2nd standard tu et, t’ -te, ’t teu
formal1 vós us -vos, -us vostre
very formal2 vostè el, l’ li -lo, ’l -li seu
3rd m ell el, l’ li -lo, ’l -li seu
f ella la, l’4 li -la -li seu
n ― ho li -ho -li seu
plural
1st nosaltres ens -nos, ’ns nostre
2nd standard vosaltres us -vos, -us vostre
formal2 vostès els -los, ’ls seu
3rd m ells els -los, ’ls seu
f elles les els -les -los, ’ls seu
3rd reflexive si es, s’ -se, ’s seu
adverbial ablative/genitive ― en, n’ ― -ne, ’n ―
locative hi -hi

1 Behaves grammatically as plural.   2 Behaves grammatically as third person.
3 Only as object of a preposition.   4 Not before unstressed (h)i-, (h)u-.

Derived terms

See also

Further reading

Chinese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From English hi. Doublet of 嗨 (hāi).

Interjection

hi

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) hi (interjection)

Etymology 2

From English hi, see hi auntie for more.

Verb

hi

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, euphemistic, originally Internet slang, neologism) alternative form of 屌 (diu2)
See also

Etymology 3

Irregular romanisation of 揩 (haai1).

Verb

hi

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) alternative form of 揩 (haai1)

Cornish

Etymology 1

From Proto-Brythonic *hi, from Proto-Celtic *sī. Cognate with Breton and Welsh hi, and Irish sí.

Alternative forms

Pronoun

hi f

  1. she (third-person feminine singular personal pronoun).
    Hi a welas.
    She saw.
  2. her (third-person feminine singular enclitic pronoun, used to reinforce previous pronoun).
    hy lyver hi
    her book
    Ple eth hi?
    Where did she go?

See also

Cornish personal pronouns
number person independent
(subject) 		suffixed infixed possessive
(dependent)
enclitic emphatic reduced
singular first my vy evy ma, a 'm owA
second ty jy, sy1 tejy ta, a 'thM dhaS
third2 m ev ev eev va, a 'n yS
f hi hi hyhi — 's hyA
plural first ni ni nyni 'gan, 'n agan, 'gan
second3 hwi hwi hwyhwi 'gas, 's agas, 'gas
third i i ynsi 's agaA, 'gaA

1 Uncommon.
2 hun and ins have been suggested as non-binary 3rd person singular pronouns, though these have not yet officially adopted.
3 Infrequently used as a formal alternative to the singular.

S Triggers soft mutation A Triggers aspirate mutation M Triggers mixed mutation

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

hi

  1. aspirate mutation of ki

Danish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Norwegian Bokmål hi, from Old Norse hið.

Noun

hi n (singular definite hiet, plural indefinite hier)

  1. winter quarters, winter lair (for hibernation); hibernation (used literally or figuratively)
    at gå i hi
    to enter hibernation
Declension
Declension of hi
neuter
gender 		singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative hi hiet hier hierne
genitive his hiets hiers hiernes
Synonyms

Etymology 2

Onomatopoeia for laughter or giggling.

Interjection

hi

  1. (onomatopoeia) Signifies giggling.
See also

Dutch

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English hi.

Interjection

hi

  1. A friendly, informal greeting; hi
    Synonyms: hai, heya, hoi; see also Thesaurus:hallo
Usage notes

The 'i' may be redublicated (e.g. hiii), signaling friendliness or excitement.

Etymology 2

Onomatopoeic.

Interjection

hi

  1. Represents laughter
    Synonyms: ha, he, ho
    • 2005 May 26, Richard Sikkes, “Re: plaaggeest.”, in alt.nl.penvrienden‎[4] (Usenet):
      Nee, geen paashaas, want het is al pasen[sic] geweest. Nu maar hopen dat er geen paashaasschaamhaarverzamelaar in de buurt is ;o) hihihi wat een woord...
      No, not an Easter Bunny, because it has already been Easter. Now here's hoping that there isn't any collector of pubic hair from Easter Bunny nearby ;o) hihihi what a word...
Usage notes

The word often appears redublicated (e.g. hihi, hi-hi, hi hi). In such redublications, the 'i' of the final 'hi' may be redublicated (e.g. hi-hi-hiii), which is onomatopoeic.

Fasu

Noun

hị

  1. (Namumi) synonym of he

References

German

Etymology

Borrowed from English hi, from 1990s digitalization.

Pronunciation

Interjection

hi

  1. (very informal) hi
    Synonym: moin

Further reading

  • “hi”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[5] (in German)

Japanese

Romanization

hi

  1. The hiragana syllable ひ (hi) or the katakana syllable ヒ (hi) in Hepburn romanization.

Kankanaey

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhi/ [ˈhi̞]
  • Rhymes: -i
  • Syllabification: hi

Article

hi

  1. dialectal form of si

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms and variants of si
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GroupProvinceMunicipalityPart of municipalityBarangayTermsWords
Northern / ApplaiMountain ProvinceSagadaPidlisan / Dapliyan (north)Aguidsi
Pidesi
Fidelisansi
Bangaansi
Madungosi
Tanulongsi
Southern / CentralMountain ProvinceBaukoLower BaukoBilahi
Banaohi
Poblacionhi
Otucanhi
SabanganUpper SabanganBun-ayanhi
Bao-anganhi
Busahi
Camataganhi
Capinitanhi
Gayanghi
Namatechi
Napuahi
Pingadhi
Lower SabanganDatasi
Lagansi
Losadsi
Poblacionsi
Supangsi
Tambingansi
TadianZone 2 / SULUMASIDEBanteyhi
Batayanhi
Duaganhi
Lubonhi
Mabalitehi
Maslahi
Sumadelhi
Zone 3 / Sunny SideBanaaoho
Cadad-ananho
Cagubatanho
Dacudacho
Lengaho
Pandayanho

Latin

Pronoun

hī

  1. nominative masculine plural of hic

Maltese

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Semitic *šiʔa
Arabic هِيَ (hiya)
Maltese hi

    Inherited from Arabic هِيَ (hiya).

    Pronunciation

    Pronoun

    hi

    1. alternative form of hija

    Inflection

    Inflected forms of hi
    positive hija, hi
    negative mhijiex, mhix
    possessive pronoun tagħha
    basic suffix -ha
    direct object suffix -ha
    indirect object suffix -lha

    Middle Dutch

    Etymology

    From Old Dutch hīe.

    Pronunciation

    Pronoun

    hi

    1. he

    Inflection

    Middle Dutch personal pronouns
    nominative accusative dative genitive
    singular 1st person ic mi mijn
    2nd person du di dijn
    3rd
    person     		m hi hem, hen sijn
    f si haer haer
    n het hem, hen sijn
    plural 1st person wi ons onse
    2nd person gi u uwe
    3rd person si hem, hen haer

    Descendants

    Further reading

    • “hi”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
    • Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “hi (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I

    Middle English

    Etymology 1

    Pronoun

    hi

    1. alternative form of I (“I”)

    Etymology 2

    Pronoun

    hi

    1. alternative form of he (“he”)

    Etymology 3

    Pronoun

    hi

    1. alternative form of heo (“she”)

    Etymology 4

    Pronoun

    hi

    1. alternative form of he (“they”)

    Middle Low German

    Pronunciation

    Pronoun

    hî

    1. alternative form of hê

    Middle Welsh

    Etymology

    From Proto-Brythonic *hi, from Proto-Celtic *sī (compare Old Irish sí).

    Pronunciation

    Pronoun

    hi

    1. she, her
      For quotations using this term, see Citations:hi.

    Descendants

    Mizo

    Etymology

    From Proto-Kuki-Chin *hii.

    Determiner

    hi (pronominal hei or he, oblique hian)

    1. this, these (near the speaker)

    See also

    Mizo demonstratives
    Pronoun Determiner
    Singular Plural Unmarked Oblique
    Near the speaker hei, he hêng hi hian
    Near the addressee kha khâng kha khân
    Up there khi khîng khi khian
    Down there khu khûng khu khuan
    Far away saw sâwng saw sâwn
    Unseen chu chûng chu chuan

    Note that all pronoun forms of the demonstratives are pronounced with different tones to their determiner counterparts. Oblique forms are pronounced with one tone when used in the ergative, and a different tone in other cases.

    Further reading

    Naga Pidgin

    Etymology

    From Hindi ही (hī).

    Particle

    hi

    1. an emphatic particle

    Namuyi

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): [ɦ̃ĩ˧]
    • Hyphenation: hi

    Noun

    hi

    1. month

    References

    • Li Jianfu (2017), A Descriptive Grammar of Namuyi Khatho spoken by Namuyi Tibetans‎[6], Victoria: La Trobe University (PhD Thesis), page 472

    North Frisian

    Alternative forms

    Etymology

    From Old Frisian hī, from Proto-West Germanic *hiʀ, from Proto-Germanic *hiz, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱe.

    Pronoun

    hi

    1. he
      Hi wal sin frinjer üüb Feer beschük. ― He wants to visit his relatives on Föhr.

    Norwegian Bokmål

    Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
    Wikipedia no
    An animal den in the mountains near Narvik.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /hiː/, [hiː]
    • Rhymes: -iː
    • Hyphenation: hi

    Etymology 1

    Inherited from Old Norse híð (“den; lair”), also híði.[1] The further origin is uncertain. Hellquist reconstructs Proto-Germanic *hīðiz, an s-stem, and connects it with Proto-Indo-European *ḱey- (“to lie down”); compare Ancient Greek κοίτη (koítē, “bed; resting place”).[2] Another proposed analysis connects the word with the Germanic *hīwa- stem associated with the household.[3]

    Cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk hi, Swedish ide and Icelandic híði (“den; lair”). The Norwegian noun was borrowed into Danish hi.[4]

    Noun

    hi n (definite singular hiet, indefinite plural hi, definite plural hia or hiene)

    1. den, lair; a sheltered place used by a wild mammal for resting, raising its young or spending the winter.
      gaupen har sitt hi i fjellkløfter eller i ur ― the lynx has its den in rock crevices or scree
      • 1904, Jacob B. Bull, Folkelivsbilleder‎[7], volume II, page 125:
        bjørn havde han skudt, baade i hi og paa spor
        he had shot bears both in their dens and by tracking them
      • 1919, Carl Schøyen, Tre stammers møte‎[8], page 14:
        alle dalens bjørner lå … forvaret i sine hier
        all the valley's bears lay … sheltered in their dens
      • 1922, Sigrid Undset, Korset‎[9], page 262:
        dette boet syntes hende mest likt et hi
        to her, this dwelling seemed more like a den
      • 2011, Carl Emil Vogt, Fridtjof Nansen, page 172:
        i februar og mars begynte isbjørnene, som hadde ligget i hi om vinteren, å røre på seg igjen
        in February and March, the polar bears, which had spent the winter in their dens, began to stir again
      • 2011, Sunniva Lye Axelsen, Følge meg alle mine dager, page 7:
        ulven verner sitt hi
        the wolf protects its den
      • 2021, Arnodd Håpnes, Dyrespor, page 74:
        hiet graver den [dvs. rødreven] ut i grusavsetninger, jordvoller eller under røtter og i ur
        it [i.e. the red fox] digs its den in gravel deposits, earthen banks, or beneath roots and in scree
      gå i hi — to enter a den for the winter; to hibernate.[1]
      Bjørnen går i hi før vinteren. ― The bear goes into hibernation before winter.
      gå i hi (figurative) — to withdraw from social contact or public activity.
      Etter nederlaget gikk han i hi i flere måneder. ― After the defeat, he withdrew from public life for several months.
      • 1896, Thomas Krag, Ada Wilde‎[10], page 37:
        hun [krøp] de lange vintermaaneder saa at sige i hi og læste sine bøger
        during the long winter months, she [crawled], so to speak, into a den and read her books
      • 1987, Harald Skjønsberg, I det mørke lyset‎[11], page 33:
        hvordan er det med Øystein, det virker som han er gått i hi
        how is Øystein doing? It seems as though he has gone into hibernation
      gå av hi, gå av hiet — to emerge from one's den; to end one's winter dormancy.
      Da våren kom, gikk bjørnen av hi. ― When spring came, the bear emerged from its den.
      • 1917, Knut Hamsun, Markens Grøde‎[12], volume II, page 228:
        tre uker efter Korsmesse gik bjørnen av hi
        three weeks after the Feast of the Cross, the bear emerged from its den
    2. (figurative, humorous) den, home, dwelling; someone's private retreat or place of residence.
      Synonyms: bolig, hjem
      Etter en travel uke trakk hun seg tilbake til hiet sitt. ― After a busy week, she retreated to her den.
      • 1923, H. Wiers-Jenssen, Laurentius‎[13], page 190:
        han selv sad hjemme i hiet sit på Nygård
        he himself sat at home in his den at Nygård
      • 2009, Christian Valeur, Steffen tar sin del av ansvaret, page 14:
        jeg har ankommet kontrollsenteret i mitt miljøvennlige hi
        I have arrived at the control centre in my environmentally friendly den
    Derived terms
    • bjørnehi (“bear's den”)
    • hihund (“dog used for hunting animals in their dens”)
    • hijakt (“hunting animals in their dens”)
    • revehi (“fox's den”)
    • ulvehi (“wolf's den”)
    • vinterhi (“winter den”)
    • hie (“to enter a den; hibernate”)
    Descendants
    • → Danish: hi

    Etymology 2

    Onomatopoeic; imitative of laughter, especially giggling.[5]

    Compare the similar imitative interjections Norwegian Nynorsk hi, Danish hi, Swedish hi, German hihi and French hi.

    Interjection

    hi

    1. hee-hee; represents giggling or suppressed laughter, usually repeated.
      «Hi, hi!» fniste hun bak hånden. ― “Hee-hee!” she giggled behind her hand.
      • 1885, Henrik Ibsen, Brand‎[14], page 41:
        skriverkarlen (fniser): «Hi, hi!»
        the clerk (giggles): “Hee-hee!”
      • 1917, Gunnar Heiberg, Samlede dramatiske verker‎[15], volume I, page 216:
        De skal vite, hr. doktor, her kommer denne fremmede mand og kommanderer – kommanderer hihi – mig til at vise frem mit hus
        You should know, Doctor, this stranger comes here and orders – orders, hee-hee – me to show him my house
      • 1897, Jonas Lie, Lindelin‎[16], page 11:
        hehehe, – hihihi
        heh-heh-heh, – hee-hee-hee
      • 1999, Ketil Bjørnstad, Fall‎[17]:
        jeg vet jeg er dum, men jeg har innmari mye penger, og derfor må dere vise respekt for meg, hi hi
        I know I'm stupid, but I have an awful lot of money, and therefore you have to show me respect, hee-hee
    2. (rare) oh, hey; an exclamation of surprise or excitement.
      Synonym: hei
      Hi, for et vær! ― Oh, what weather!
      • 1882, Jonas Lie, Gaa paa!‎[18], page 107:
        hi for et hav!
        oh, what a sea!

    Etymology 3

    See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

    Determiner

    hi

    1. feminine singular of hin (“that; the other”)

    Pronoun

    hi

    1. feminine singular of hin (“that one; the other; the former”)

    Etymology 4

    See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

    Verb

    hi

    1. imperative of hie (“to enter a den; hibernate”)

    References

    1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 “hi” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
    2. ^ Elof Hellquist (1922), Svensk etymologisk ordbok, page 266, s.v. “ide”.
    3. ^ “ide”, Svenska Akademiens ordbok.
    4. ^ “hi”, Ordbog over det danske Sprog, noun entry.
    5. ^ “hi” (interjection), Det Norske Akademis ordbok.

    Anagrams

    Norwegian Nynorsk

    Pronunciation

    Etymology 1

    From Old Norse hið and híði.

    Noun

    hi n (definite singular hiet, indefinite plural hi, definite plural hia)

    1. lair (of an animal), sett (badgers)
      Bjørnane har gått i hi for vinteren.
      The bears have entered their lairs for the winter.
      Bjørnen søv no, bjørnen søv no i sitt lune hi
      The bear is sleeping now, the bear is sleeping now in his cozy lair (a children song)

    Etymology 2

    Determiner

    hi f (masculine hin, neuter hitt, plural hine)

    1. feminine singular of hin

    Etymology 3

    Interjection

    hi

    1. hee; expression of snickering

    References

    Old English

    Pronunciation

    Pronoun

    hī

    1. alternative form of hīe (“they, she”)

    Old Frisian

    Etymology

    From Proto-West Germanic *hiʀ, from Proto-Germanic *hiz. Cognates include Old English hē and Old Dutch hie.

    Pronunciation

    Pronoun

    hī m (accusative hine, genitive sīn, dative him)

    1. he

    Declension

    Old Frisian personal pronoun declensions
    nominative accusative dative genitive
    singular 1st person ik mī mī mīn
    2nd person thū thī thī thīn
    3rd
    person     		m hī hine him sīn
    f hiū, hiō hiā hire, hiāre hire, hiāre
    n hit hit him sīn
    plural 1st person wī ūs ūs ūser
    2nd person jī jū, jō jū, jō jūwer
    3rd person hiā hiā him, hirem, hiārem hira, hiāra

    Descendants

    • North Frisian:
      Most dialects: hi, he
      Halligen: hii
    • Saterland Frisian: hie
    • West Frisian: hy

    References

    • Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009), An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN

    Old Irish

    Etymology 1

    Preposition

    hi [with accusative or dative]

    1. alternative spelling of i

    Etymology 2

    Particle

    hi

    1. alternative spelling of í

    Pali

    Alternative forms

    Alternative scripts

    Conjunction

    hi

    1. for, because

    Adverb

    hi

    1. indeed, certainly

    References

    Pirahã

    Etymology

    Possibly borrowed from Nheengatu i.

    Pronunciation

    Pronoun

    hi

    1. he, she (third-person subject pronoun)
    2. him, her (third-person object pronoun)

    Sumerian

    Romanization

    hi

    1. romanization of 𒄭 (ḫi)

    Vietnamese

    Pronunciation

    Verb

    hi

    1. to bare one's teeth
      Hi răng ra coi nào.
      Come on, show me your teeth.

    See also

    Waray-Waray

    Etymology

      Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *si. Compare Central Bikol si, Cebuano si, Gorontalo ti, Hiligaynon si, Ilocano si, Kapampangan i, Pangasinan si, Tausug hi, and Waray-Waray si.

      Pronunciation

      Article

      hi

      1. direct marker placed before names or terms of address of people

      Welsh

      Pronunciation

      Etymology 1

      From Middle Welsh hi, from Proto-Brythonic *hi, from Proto-Celtic *sī (compare Old Irish sí).

      Pronoun

      hi

      1. she, her

      Etymology 2

      Noun

      hi

      1. h-prothesized form of i

      Mutation

      Mutated forms of i
      radical soft nasal h-prothesis
      i unchanged unchanged hi

      Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
      All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

      Yilan Creole

      Etymology

      From Japanese 火(ひ) (hi, “fire”).

      Pronunciation

      Noun

      hi

      1. (Aohua) fire

      References

      • 林愷娣 [Lin Kaidi] (2022), A basic description of Yilan Creole phonology: with a special focus on the Aohua dialect‎[19] (Unpublished thesis)

      Yola

      Alternative forms

      Etymology

      From Middle English hi (“they, them”), from Old English hīe, hī.

      Pronunciation

      Pronoun

      hi

      1. they
        • 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 5, pages 86[1]:
          Mot w'all aar boust, hi soon was ee-teight
          But with all their bravado they were soon taught
        • 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 8, pages 86[1]:
          Hi kinket an keilt, ee vewe aam 'twode snite.
          They kicked and rolled, the few that appeared.
      2. them
        • 1927, “ZONG OF TWI MAARKEET MOANS”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 129, lines 7[2]:
          Shu ztaared an shu ztudied hi near parshagh moan,
          She stared and she studied (them) by the other passive woman,

      References

      1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867
      2. ^ Kathleen A. Browne (1927), “THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD.”, in Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of lreland (Sixth Series)‎[1], volume 17, number 2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland

      Yoruba

      Etymology 1

      Pronunciation

      IPA(key): /hí/

      Noun

      hí

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

      See also

      Etymology 2

      Alternative forms

      Preposition

      hí

      1. (Ikalẹ) to, at, toward (used when movement is implied)
      Derived terms

      See also

      Zou

      Etymology 1

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): [hī]
      • Hyphenation: hi

      Particle

      hi

      1. yes
      2. Used to mark a verbal phrase as affirmative.

      Etymology 2

      From Proto-Kuki-Chin *khlii.

      Pronunciation 1

      • IPA(key): [hī]
      • Hyphenation: hi
      Noun

      hi

      1. tear

      Pronunciation 2

      • IPA(key): [hì]
      • Hyphenation: hi
      Noun

      hì

      1. drop (of water)

      References

      • Philip Thangliènmâng (2010), Minimal dictionary and Self-tutor Functional Grammar in Zo-English-Hindi, New Delhi: Zoculsin, →ISBN, page 117
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