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

• “hei” in Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

hei

1. Aspirate mutation of kei.

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• Rhymes: -ɛi̯
• IPA^(key): /ɦɛi̯/
• Homophone: hij

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

1. Alternative form of heide

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• Hyphenation: hei
• Rhymes: -ei
• IPA^(key): /ˈhei̯/, [ˈhe̞i̯]

hei

1. hi
2. bye (often repeated twice for goodbye: "hei hei")
3. hey

• hei-huuto

• hie

hei

1. first-person singular present indicative of haber

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

• 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

hei

1. Rōmaji transcription of へい

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 (Zhuyin ˙ㄏㄟ)

1. Nonstandard spelling of hēi.

• English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

hei

1. Future locative particle

hei

1. Alternative form of he

• “he, pron. (3)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 12 June 2018.

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): /hæɪ/

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.

hei m

1. mind, sense

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

• (Portugal, Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈej/

hei

1. First-person singular (eu) present indicative of haver

• (Vallader) hai

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