hei

Symbol

hei

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

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Heiltsuk terms

Noun

hei (plural heis)

1. Alternative spelling of he (Hebrew letter)

See also

Anagrams

• hie

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

• 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

Noun

hei

1. Aspirate mutation of kei.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɦɛi̯/

• Audio:

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

Etymology 1

From heide with regular d-weakening (compare veder/veer, weder/weer, leder/leer, and so forth).

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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
• Hyphenation^(key): hei

Interjection

hei

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

Further reading

• “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

Anagrams

• hie

Verb

hei

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

Alternative forms

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

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Interjection

hei

1. Used to attract attention: hey! oi!

References

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

Romanization

hei

1. Rōmaji transcription of へい

Alternative forms

• ei

Etymology

Expressive.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈhei̯/, [ˈhɛi̯]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈej/, [ˈɛj]

Interjection

hei

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

   hei mihi! ― alas! woe is me!

References

• “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.

Interjection

hei

1. hey

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

Further reading

• hei in the Lëtzebuerger Online Dictionnaire

Romanization

hei (hei⁵ / hei⁰, Zhuyin ˙ㄏㄟ)

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