hi

See also: Hi, HI, hi-, hí, hÍ, ḥi, and Appendix:Variations of "hi"

Translingual

Symbol

hi

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

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.

Alternative forms

heigh

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈhaɪ̯/
Audio (US) (file)
Audio (UK) (file)
Rhymes: -aɪ
Homophones: Hi, hie, high

Interjection

hi

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!
  Audio (US) (file)
An exclamation to call attention.
- 1913, Joseph C. Lincoln, chapter 7, in Mr. Pratt's Patients:
  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.
(dated) Expressing wonder or derision.

Translations

friendly, informal greeting

Afrikaans: hi
Aleut: aang
Ambonese Malay: oe
American Sign Language: B@Sfhead-PalmForward B@FromSfhead-PalmForward
Amharic: ሰላም (sälam)
Arabic: مَرْحَبًا‎ (ar) (marḥaban), سَلَام‎ (ar) (salām), أَهْلًا‎ (ar) (ʾahlan)
Egyptian Arabic: أهلاً‎
Hijazi Arabic: هلا‎ (hala), مَرْحَبَا‎ (marḥaba)
Moroccan Arabic: السلام‎ (s-salām)
Armenian: բարև (hy) (barew)
Azerbaijani: salam (az)
Bashkir: сәләм (säläm)
Basque: kaixo (eu)
Belarusian: прыве́т (pryvjét), здаро́ў (zdaróŭ)
Bengali: সালাম (bn) (salam)
Bulgarian: здра́сти (bg) (zdrásti), здраве́й (bg) (zdravéj)
Burmese: မင်္ဂလာပါ (my) (mangga.lapa)
Catalan: hola (ca)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 你好 (nei⁵ hou²)
Dungan: сэляму (seli͡amu)
Hakka: 你好 (ngì-hó)
Mandarin: 你好 (zh) (nǐ hǎo) (the most common), 嗨 (zh) (hāi) 哈囉／哈啰 (zh) (hāluō) (slang)
Min Dong: 汝好
Min Nan: 你好 (lí hó)
Wu: 儂好, 侬好 (non hau)
Czech: ahoj (cs), čau (cs), čus (cs), nazdar (cs), zdar (cs)
Danish: hallo (da), hej! (da), dav (da)
Dutch: hallo (nl), hoi (nl)
Esperanto: saluton (eo), sal (eo)
Estonian: hei (et), tere (et), tervist
Faroese: hey, halló
Finnish: hei (fi), moi (fi), terve (fi)
French: salut (fr)
Galician: ola (gl)
Georgian: გამარჯობა (ka) (gamarǯoba)
German: hallo (de), 'n Tag
Greek: γεια (el) (geia)
Hebrew: שָׁלוֹם‎ (he) (shalóm), היי‎ (he) (haj)
Hindi: नमस्ते (hi) (namaste), सलाम (hi) (salām) (used by Muslims), हाइ (hi) (hāi)
Hungarian: szia (hu)
Icelandic: halló (is), hæ (is)
Inari Sami: tiervâ
Indonesian: hai (id), salam (id)
Interlingua: salute (ia), hallo
Irish: please add this translation if you can
Italian: ciao (it)
Japanese: こんにちは (ja) (konnichi wa), やあ (yā), どうも (ja) (dōmo), よう (ja) (yō)
Kazakh: сәлем (kk) (sälem), салам (salam)
Khmer: សួស្តី (suəsdəy)
Korean: 안녕(安寧) (ko) (annyeong)
Krio: kusheh
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: merheba (ku), silav (ku), selam (ku)
Kyrgyz: салам (ky) (salam)
Lao: ສະບາຍດີ (sa bāi dī), ເຮີຍ (hœ̄i)
Latin: salve (la), ave (la)
Latvian: (gender depending on the listener(s)) sveiks m, sveika f, sveiki m pl, sveikas f pl
Lithuanian: labas (lt), sveikas (lt)
Macedonian: здраво (zdravo)
Malay: hai, salam (ms)
Maltese: ejj
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: сайн уу? (mn) (sajn uu?) (informal) , сайн байна уу? (mn) (sajn bajna uu?)
Nepali: हाइ (ne) (hāi) नमस्कार (ne) (namaskār), नमस्ते (ne) (namaste)
Northern Sami: dearvva, bures
Norwegian:
Bokmål: hei (no), heisan
Occitan: adieu (oc)
Ojibwe: boozhoo
Ossetian: салам (salam), арфӕ (arfæ)
Pashto: سلام‎‎ (salām)
Persian: سلام‎ (fa) (salâm), درود‎ (fa) (dorud)
Polish: cześć (pl), hej (pl)
Portuguese: olá (pt), oi (pt), alô (pt), e ai? (pt)
Punjabi: (sat sri akal, formal), (kiddhan, informal)
Romanian: bună (ro), salut (ro)
Russian: приве́т (ru) (privét), здоро́во (ru) (zdoróvo), здра́сте (ru) (zdráste)
Scottish Gaelic: hòigh
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ћао, здраво, мерхаба, хало, бок
Roman: ćao, zdravo (sh), merhaba, halo (sh), bok (sh)
Sicilian: sabbinirìca
Skolt Sami: tiõrv
Slovak: ahoj (sk), čau, nazdar
Slovene: žívjo, zdrávo
Southern Altai: эзен (ezen)
Spanish: hola (es)
Sranan Tongo: fa, ofa
Swahili: jambo (sw), salaam
Swedish: hallå (sv), hej! (sv), hejsan (sv), tja (sv), tjena (sv)
Tagalog: helo, hoy (tl)
Tajik: салом (salom)
Tamil: வணக்கம் (ta) (vaṇakkam)
Tatar: сәлам (tt) (sälam)
Thai: หวัดดี (wàt-dii), สวัสดี (th) (sà-wàt-dii)
Tigrinya: ሰላም (sälam)
Tok Pisin: gude
Turkish: merhaba (tr), selam (tr)
Turkmen: salam
Tz'utujil: coli
Ukrainian: приві́т (uk) (pryvít), сервус (servus)
Urdu: سلام‎ (salām) (informal), السلام علیکم‎ (as-salām 'alaikum) (slightly formal), سلام علیکم‎ (salām 'alaikum) (common), آداب‎ (ur) (ādāb) (dated or formal)
Uyghur: سالام‎‎ (salam‎)
Uzbek: salom (uz)
Vietnamese: chào (vi) (depending on the relationship between speaker and person addressed, one of the following terms may be appended: ông (vi), bà (vi), cô (vi), anh (vi), chị (vi), em (vi), quí vị)
Volapük: ^{(please verify)} glidis!
Walloon: a (wa), bondjoû (wa)
Welsh: siwmae
Zhuang: please add this translation if you can

Noun

hi (plural his)

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

Etymology 2

From high.

Adjective

hi

Informal spelling of high, often in hyphenated terms.
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Derived terms

hi-def
hi-fi
hi-five
hi-hat
hi-lo
Hi-NRG
hi-res
hi-rise
hi-tech
hi-top
hi-vis

Related terms

lo
mid

Anagrams

IH

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 singular hiri)

ash, ashes
dust of corpses
(figurative) memory of the dead

Derived terms

hirët
hirtë
hith

Basque

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Southern) /i/, [i]
IPA^(key): (Northern) /hi/, [ɦi]

Pronoun

hi

(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 Basque personal pronouns

Common pronouns
	singular			plural
	1st person	2nd person (informal)	2nd person (neutral)	1st person	2nd person
absolutive	ni	hi	zu	gu	zuek
ergative	nik	hik	zuk	guk	zuek
dative	niri	hiri	zuri	guri	zuei
genitive	nire, ene	hire	zure	gure	zuen
comitative	nirekin, enekin	hirekin	zurekin	gurekin	zuekin
causative	nigatik, niregatik, enegatik	higatik, hiregatik	zugatik, zuregatik	gugatik, guregatik	zuengatik
benefactive	niretzat, niretako, enetzat,enetako	hiretzat, hiretako	zuretzat, zuretako	guretzat, guretako	zuentzat, zuendako
instrumental	nitaz	hitaz	zutaz	gutaz	zuetaz
inessive	nigan, niregan, nire baitan, nitan, enegan, ene baitan	higan, hiregan, hire baitan, hitan	zugan, zuregan, zure baitan, zutan	gugan, guregan, gure baitan, gutan	zuengan, zuen baitan, zuetan
locative	nire baitako, ene baitako	hire baitako	gu baitako, gure baitako	zu baitako, zure baitako	zuen baitako
allative	niregana, nireganat, nire baitara, nire baitarat, enegana, eneganat, ene baitara, ene baitarat	hiregana, hireganat, hire baitara, hire baitarat	zugana, zuregana, zuganat, zureganat, zu baitara, zure baitara, zu baitarat, zure baitarat	gugana, guregana, guganat, gureganat, gu baitara, gure baitara, gu baitarat, gure baitarat	zuengana, zuenganat, zuen baitara, zuen baitarat
terminative	nireganaino, nire baitaraino, eneganaino	higanaino, hireganaino, hire baitaraino	zuganaino, zureganaino, zu baitaraino, zure baitaraino	guganaino, gureganaino, gu baitaraino, gure baitaraino	zuenganaino, zuen baitaraino
directive	niganantz, nireganantz, eneganantz	higanantz, hireganantz	zuganantz, zureganantz	guganantz, gureganantz	zuenganantz
destinative	niganako, nireganako, eneganako	higanako, hireganako	zuganako, zureganako	guganako, gureganako	zuenganako
ablative	nireganik, niregandik, nire baitatik, nire baitarik, eneganik, enegandik, ene baitatik, ene baitarik	higanik, hireganik, higandik, hiregandik, hire baitatik, hire baitarik	zuganik, zureganik, zugandik, zuregandik, zu baitatik, zu baitarik, zure baitatik, zure baitarik	guganik, gureganik, gugandik, guregandik, gu baitatik, gu baitarik, gure baitatik, gure baitarik	zuenganik, zuengandik, zuen baitatik, zuen baitarik
Emphatic pronouns
absolutive	neu	heu	zeu	geu	zeuek
ergative	neuk	heuk	zeuk	geuk	zeuek
dative	neuri	heuri	zeuri	geuri	zeuei
genitive	neure	heure	zeure	geure	zeuen
comitative	neurekin	heurekin	zeurekin	geurekin	zeuekin
causative	neugatik, neuregatik	heugatik, heuregatik	zugatik, zuregatik	gugatik, guregatik	zuengatik
benefactive	neuretzat, neuretako	heuretzat, heuretako	zeuretzat, zeuretako	geuretzat, geuretako	zeuentzat, zeuendako
instrumental	neutaz	heutaz	zeutaz	geutaz	zeuetaz
inessive	neugan	heuregan, heure baitan	zeugan, zeuregan	geugan, geuregan	zeuengan
locative	neure baitako	heure baitako	zeure baitako	geure baitako	zeuen baitako
allative	neuregana	heugana, heuregana, heure baitara, heure baitarat	zeugana, zeuregana	geugana, geuregana	zeuengana
terminative	neuregaino	heuganaino, heureganaino, heure baitaraino	zeuganaino, zeureganaino	geuganaino, geureganaino	zeuenganaino
directive	neuganantz	heuganantz, heureganantz	zeuganantz, zeureganantz	geuganantz, geureganantz	zeuenganantz
destinative	neureganako	heuganako, heureganako	zeuganako, zeureganako	geuganako, geureganako	zeuenganako
ablative	neuganik, neugandik	heuganik, heureganik, heugandik, heuregandik, heure baitatik, heure baitarik	zeuganik, zeureganik, zeugandik, zeuregandik	geuganik, geureganik, geugandik, geuregandik	zeuenganik, zeuengandik

Related terms

heu

Breton

Etymology

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

Pronoun

hi

she

Catalan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈi/
Homophone: i
Rhymes: -i

Pronoun

hi (enclitic and proclitic)

represents a place associated with the action described by the verb, unless the place would be introduced by the preposition de
there (in constructions such as "there is", "there are", etc.: see haver-hi)
replaces an adverb (or adverbial phrase) describing the manner, instrument or association of an action
replaces a phrase introduced by any preposition except de (most commonly a or en)
replaces an indefinite noun or an adjective which is the predicate of a verb other than ésser, esdevenir, estar or semblar
(Central Catalan) 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 compliment 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

	strong/subject	weak (direct object)		weak (indirect object)		possessive
singular		proclitic	enclitic	proclitic	enclitic
1st person	jo, mi³	em, m’	-me, ’m	em, m’	-me, ’m	meu
1st person majestic¹	nós	ens	-nos, ’ns	ens	-nos, ’ns	nostre
2nd person	tu	et, t’	-te, ’t	et, t’	-te, ’t	teu
2nd person formal¹	vós	us	-vos, -us	us	-vos, -us	vostre
2nd person very formal²	vostè	el, l’	-lo, ’l	li	-li	seu
3rd person masculine	ell	el, l’	-lo, ’l	li	-li	seu
3rd person feminine	ella	la, l’⁴	-la	li	-li	seu
3rd person neuter		ho	-ho	li	-li	seu
3rd person reflexive	si	es, s’	-se, ’s	es, s’	-se, ’s	seu
plural
1st person	nosaltres	ens	-nos, ’ns	ens	-nos, ’ns	nostre
2nd person	vosaltres	us	-vos, -us	us	-vos, -us	vostre
2nd person formal²	vostès	els	-los, ’ls	els	-los, ’ls	seu
3rd person masculine	ells	els	-los, ’ls	els	-los, ’ls	seu
3rd person feminine	elles	les	-les	els	-los, ’ls	seu
3rd person reflexive	si	es, s’	-se, ’s	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

(Proclitic contractions): l'hi, m'hi, n'hi, s'hi, t'hi
(Enclitic contractions): -ens-hi, -l'hi, -la-hi, -les-hi, -los-hi, 'ls-hi, -m'hi, -n'hi, 'ns-hi, -s'hi, -t'hi, -us-hi, -vos-hi

Chinese

Etymology 1

From English hi. Doublet of 嗨.

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): haai¹

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: haai¹
  - Yale: hāai
  - Cantonese Pinyin: haai¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: hai¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /haːi̯⁵⁵/

Interjection

hi

(Hong Kong Cantonese) hi (interjection)

Etymology 2

From English hi, see hi auntie for more.

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): haai¹

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: haai¹
  - Yale: hāai
  - Cantonese Pinyin: haai¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: hai¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /haːi̯⁵⁵/

Verb

hi

(Hong Kong Cantonese, euphemistic, originally Internet slang, neologism) Alternative form of 屌.

Related terms

hi auntie

Etymology 3

Irregular romanisation of 揩.

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): haai¹

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: haai¹
  - Yale: hāai
  - Cantonese Pinyin: haai¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: hai¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /haːi̯⁵⁵/

Verb

hi

(Hong Kong Cantonese) Alternative form of 揩.

Cornish

Etymology 1

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

Pronoun

hi

she (third-person feminine singular personal pronoun).

Noun

hi

Aspirate mutation of ki.

Danish

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -i
Rhymes: -iː

Etymology 1

From Norwegian hi, from Old Norse hið.

Noun

hi n (singular definite hiet, plural indefinite hier)

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
neuter gender	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	hi	hiet	hier	hierne
genitive	his	hiets	hiers	hiernes

Synonyms

vinterhi

Etymology 2

Onomatopoeia for laughter or giggling.

Interjection

hi

(onomatopoeia) Signifies giggling.

Fasu

Noun

hị

(Namumi) Synonym of he

References

Karl J. Franklin, Comparative Wordlist 1 of the Gulf District and adjacent areas (1975), page 67

German

Etymology

Borrowed from English hi, from 1990s digitalization.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈhaɪ̯/
Audio (file)
Rhymes: -aɪ̯
Homophones: hei, high

Interjection

hi

(very informal) hi
Synonym: moin

Japanese

Romanization

hi

Rōmaji transcription of ひ
Rōmaji transcription of ヒ

Latin

Pronoun

hī

nominative masculine plural of hic

Maltese

Etymology

From Arabic هِيَ‎ (hiya).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /iː/

Pronoun

hi

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

IPA^(key): /hiː/

Pronoun

hi

he

Inflection

Middle Dutch personal pronouns

	singular					plural
	1st	2nd	3rd			1st	2nd	3rd
			masc.	fem.	neut.
nominative	ic	du	hi	si	het	wi	gi	si
accusative	mi	di	hem, hen	haer		ons	u	hem, hen
dative					hem, hen
genitive	mijn	dijn	sijn	haer	sijn	onse	uwe	haer

Descendants

Dutch: hij, ie
Limburgish: hae

Middle English

Pronoun

hi

Alternative form of I (“I”)

Pronoun

hi

Alternative form of he (“he”)

Pronoun

hi

Alternative form of heo (“she”)

Pronoun

hi

Alternative form of he (“they”)

Middle Low German

Pronunciation

Possibly: IPA^(key): /hiː/
Certainly: Stem vowel: ê⁴
- IPA^(key): /hiɛ/, /hiə/

Pronoun

hî

Alternative form of hê.

Naga Pidgin

Etymology

From Hindi ही (hī).

Particle

hi

an emphatic particle

North Frisian

Alternative forms

he

Etymology

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

Pronoun

hi

he

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /hiː/

Etymology 1

From Old Norse híð and híði.

Noun

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

lair (of an animal), sett (badgers)
Bjørnene har gått i hi for vinteren.
The bears have entered their lairs for the winter.

Determiner

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

feminine singular of hin

Interjection

hi

hee; expression of snickering

References

“hi” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old English

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /xiː/, [hiː]

Pronoun

hī

Alternative form of hīe (“they”)

Old Frisian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈhiː/

Pronoun

hī

he

Declension

Old Frisian personal pronoun declensions

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

Preposition

hi

Alternative spelling of i

Particle

hi

Alternative spelling of í

Pali

Alternative forms

𑀳𑀺 (Brahmi script)
हि (Devanagari script)
হি (Bengali script)
හි (Sinhalese script)
ဟိ or ႁိ (Burmese script)
หิ (Thai script)
ᩉᩥ (Tai Tham script)
ຫິ (Lao script)
ហិ (Khmer script)
𑄦𑄨 (Chakma script)

Conjunction

hi

for, because

Adverb

hi

indeed, certainly

References

Childers, Robert Caesar, Dictionary of the Päli Language, London: Trübner & Company, 1875.
Pali Text Society (1921-1925), “hi”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead

Pirahã

Etymology

Possibly related to Guaraní ha'e

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /hɪ̃̀/

Pronoun

hi

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

Sumerian

Romanization

hi

Romanization of 𒄭 (ḫi)

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [hi˧˧]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [hɪj˧˧]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [hɪj˧˧]

Verb

hi

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

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *sī (compare Old Irish sí).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /hiː/

Pronoun

hi

she, her

Westrobothnian

Etymology

From Old Norse híð and híði.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /hiː/ (example of pronunciation)
- Rhymes: -íːð
- (southernmost lects) Rhymes: -íː, -íːð
- (í-ý merger) Rhymes: -íːð, -ýːð

Noun

hi n

lair (of an animal), sett (badgers)

Derived terms

hi a
higrän

Yola

Alternative forms

h'

Etymology

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

Pronoun

hi

they
- 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 5:
  Mot w'all aar boust, hi soon was ee-teight.
  But with all their bravado they were soon taught.

References

Jacob Poole (1867), 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, page 86

Yoruba

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /hí/

Noun

hí

The name of the Latin-script letter H.

Alternative forms

sí

Preposition

hí

(Ikalẹ) to, at, toward (used when movement is implied)

Derived terms

húlí (“to the home”)

Zou

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /hi˧/

Noun

hi

disease

References

Lukram Himmat Singh (2013) A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, page 40

hi

Translingual

Symbol

English

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Interjection

Translations

Noun

Etymology 2

Adjective

Derived terms

Related terms

Anagrams

Albanian

Etymology

Noun

Derived terms

Basque

Pronunciation

Pronoun

Usage notes

Declension

Related terms

Further reading

Breton

Etymology

Pronoun

Catalan

Etymology

Pronunciation

Pronoun

Usage notes

Declension

Derived terms

See also

Further reading

Chinese

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Interjection

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Verb

Related terms

See also

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Verb

Cornish

Etymology 1

Pronoun

Noun

Danish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

Declension

Synonyms

Etymology 2

Interjection

See also

Fasu

Noun

References

German

Etymology

Pronunciation

Interjection

Further reading

Japanese

Romanization

Latin

Pronoun

Maltese

Etymology

Pronunciation

Pronoun

Inflection