hi

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hi

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

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

heigh

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /haɪ/, [haɪ̯]
(South Asia) IPA^(key): /haːj/, /haɪ/ ('hi' may be longer than 'high' for some speakers)
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)
- 1862, Miriam Davis Colt, Went to Kansas‎, L. Ingalls & Company, →ISBN, page 143:
  When out on the prairie, up galloped an Indian on his pony with his saluting "hi!"
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.
(dated) Expressing wonder or derision.

Derived terms

Translations

friendly, informal greeting

Afrikaans: haai
Aleut: aang
Alutiiq: cama’i
Ambonese Malay: oe
American Sign Language: B@Sfhead-PalmForward B@FromSfhead-PalmForward
Amharic: ሰላም (sälam)
Arabic: مَرْحَبًا (ar) (marḥaban), سَلَام (ar) (salām), أَهْلًا (ar) (ʔahlan)
Egyptian Arabic: أهلاً

Gulf Arabic: هلا (hala), قوة (guwa)

Hijazi Arabic: هلا (hala), مَرْحَبَا (marḥaba)

Moroccan Arabic: السلام (s-salām)
Armenian: բարև (hy) (barew)
Asturian: ei (ast)
Azerbaijani: salam (az)
Bashkir: сәләм (sələm)
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)

Eastern Min: 汝好 (nṳ̄ hō̤)

Hakka: 你好 (ngì-hó)

Hokkien: 你好 (lí hó)

Mandarin: 你好 (zh) (nǐ hǎo) (the most common), 嗨 (zh) (hāi) 哈囉 / 哈啰 (zh) (hāluō) (slang)

Wu: 儂好 / 侬好 (⁶non ⁵hau)
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: haigh
Italian: ciao (it)
Japanese: こんにちは (ja) (konnichi wa), やあ (ja) (yā), どうも (ja) (dōmo), よう (ja) (yō)
Kazakh: сәлем (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 (lv) m, sveika f, sveiki m pl, sveikas f pl
Lithuanian: labas (lt), sveikas (lt)
Macedonian: здраво (zdravo)
Malay: hai (ms), salam (ms)
Maltese: ejj
Mansi:
Eastern Mansi: пяся (pâsâ)

Northern Mansi: паща (paŝa), пася (pasâ)

Southern Mansi: [script needed] (piśėn)
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 (ps) (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, shin thu (informal and singular), shin sibh (plural or formal)
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
Xârâgurè: vâsgatzo
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

Related terms

lo
mid

Anagrams

IH

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)

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

Derived terms

hirët
hirtë
hith

Pronunciation

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IPA^(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /hi/ [hi]

IPA^(key): (Southern) /i/ [i]

Rhymes: -i

Hyphenation: hi

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

More information Common pronouns, singular ...

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

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Declension of Basque personal pronouns

Derived terms

hiketa (“use of hi”)

Related terms

heu

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /hiː/

Etymology 1

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

Adverb

hi

Used to denote direction away from the speaker.
Wo gehst'n hi? ― Where are you going?

Derived terms

dåhi
duathi

Etymology 2

Clipping of Middle High German hinüber.

Adjective

hi (predicative)

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

Bist hi in der Marün? ― Are you stupid?

Synonyms

hinig

Etymology

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

Pronoun

hi

she

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [i]
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) 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

More information strong/subject, weak (direct object) ...

	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-.

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Catalan personal pronouns and clitics

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

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): haai¹

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

Etymology 1

From English hi. Doublet of 嗨 (hāi).

Interjection

hi

(Hong Kong Cantonese) hi (interjection)

Etymology 2

From English hi, see hi auntie for more.

Verb

hi

(Hong Kong Cantonese, euphemistic, originally Internet slang, neologism) Alternative form of 屌 (diu²)

Related terms

hi auntie

Etymology 3

Irregular romanisation of 揩 (haai¹).

Verb

hi

(Hong Kong Cantonese) Alternative form of 揩 (haai¹)

Etymology 1

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

Pronoun

hi

she (third-person feminine singular personal pronoun).

Etymology 2

Noun

hi

Aspirate mutation of ki.

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

More information neuter gender, Singular ...

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

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Declension of hi

Synonyms

vinterhi

Etymology 2

Onomatopoeia for laughter or giggling.

Interjection

hi

(onomatopoeia) Signifies giggling.

Noun

hị

(Namumi) Synonym of he

References

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

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

Romanization

hi

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

Pronunciation

(Standard Kankanaey) IPA^(key): /ˈhi/ [ˈhi̞]
Rhymes: -i
Syllabification: hi

Article

hi

Pronunciation variant of si.

Pronoun

hī

nominative masculine plural of hic

Etymology

From Arabic هِيَ (hiya).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /iː/

Pronoun

hi

Alternative form of hija

Inflection

More information Inflected forms of hi, positive ...

Inflected forms of hi
positive	hija, hi
negative	mhijiex, mhix

possessive pronoun	tagħha

basic suffix	-ha
direct object suffix	-ha
indirect object suffix	-lha

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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

Etymology 1

Pronoun

hi

Alternative form of I (“I”)

Etymology 2

Pronoun

hi

Alternative form of he (“he”)

Etymology 3

Pronoun

hi

Alternative form of heo (“she”)

Etymology 4

Pronoun

hi

Alternative form of he (“they”)

Pronunciation

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

Pronoun

hî

Alternative form of hê.

Etymology

From Hindi ही (hī).

Particle

hi

an emphatic particle

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ɦ̃ĩ˧]
Hyphenation: hi

Noun

hi

month

References

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

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /hiː/

Etymology 1

From Old Norse hið 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.

Etymology 2

Determiner

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

feminine singular of hin

Etymology 3

Interjection

hi

hee; expression of snickering

References

“hi” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /xiː/, [hiː]

Pronoun

hī

Alternative form of hīe (“they”)

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 m (accusative hine, genitive sīn, dative him)

he

Declension

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	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

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Old Frisian personal pronoun declensions

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

Etymology 1

Preposition

hi

Alternative spelling of i

Etymology 2

Particle

hi

Alternative spelling of í

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

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

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)

Romanization

hi

Romanization of 𒄭 (ḫi)

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [hi˧˧]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [hɪj˧˧]
(Saigon) IPA^(key): [hɪj˧˧]

Verb

hi

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /hiː/

Etymology 1

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

Pronoun

hi

she, her

Etymology 2

Noun

hi

h-prothesized form of i

Mutation

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

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Etymology

From Japanese 火(ひ) (hi, “fire”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /çi/

Noun

hi

fire

Alternative forms

h'

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /hiː/, /h/
Homophones: hea, heigh, hye

Pronoun

hi

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.
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]
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 Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland Sixth Series, Vol.17 No.2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /hí/

Noun

hí

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

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

sí

Preposition

hí

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

Derived terms

húlí (“to the home”)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /hi˧/

Noun

hi

disease

References

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

[Poole-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] [2]
Kathleen A. Browne (1927) The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland Sixth Series, Vol.17 No.2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland

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