# hei
## Translingual
### Symbol

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

### See also

* Wiktionary's coverage of Heiltsuk terms

## English
### Noun

hei (plural heis)
* Alternative spelling of he (Hebrew letter)

### See also

* hei hei salt
* hei-tiki
* wok hei

### Anagrams

* hie

## Alemannic German
### 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
* (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

## Cornish
### Noun

hei
* Aspirate mutation of kei.

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɦɛi̯/
* Audio:(file)
* 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).

#### Noun

hei f (plural heides or heiden, diminutive heitje n)
* Alternative form of heide

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

hei
* inflection of heien:
** first-person singular present indicative
** (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
** imperative

## Finnish
### 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: /ˈhei̯/, [ˈhe̞i̯]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ei
* Hyphenation: hei

### Interjection

hei
* hi (greeting)
* hey (to get someone's attention)
* bye (often repeated twice: hei hei)

#### Derived terms

* hei hei
* hei-huuto
* heippa
* hihhei

### 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

## Galician
### Verb

hei
* first-person singular present indicative of haber
* (reintegrationist norm) first-person singular present indicative of haver

## German Low German
### Alternative forms

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /hɛɪ̯/, /haɪ̯/

### Pronoun

hei m (genitive sin, dative em, dative 2 jüm, accusative en)
* (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)
* (Paderbornisch, personal) he

## Ingrian
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

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

### Interjection

hei
* Used to attract attention: hey! oi!

#### Synonyms

* hoi

### References

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

## Japanese
### Romanization

hei
* Rōmaji transcription of へい

## Latin
### Alternative forms

* ei

### Etymology

Expressive.

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /hei̯/, [hɛi̯]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ej/, [ɛj]

### Interjection

hei
* 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.

## Latvian
### Interjection

hei
* hey

## Luxembourgish
### 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: /hai̯/, [hɑɪ̯]
* Rhymes: -ɑɪ

### Adverb

hei
* here, in this place

#### Derived terms

* heiansdo

### Further reading

* hei in the Lëtzebuerger Online Dictionnaire

## Mandarin
### Romanization

hei (hei$^5$ / hei$^0$, Zhuyin ˙ㄏㄟ)
* Nonstandard spelling of hēi.
* Nonstandard spelling of hèi.

#### Usage notes

* Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

## Maori
### Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Particle

hei
* Future locative particle

### Etymology 2

From Proto-Polynesian *sei (compare with Tahitian hei and Samoan sei)

#### Noun

hei
* flower garland, lei

### References

* ↑ Tregear, Edward (1891) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary‎, Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, pages 59-60
* ↑ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “sei.1b”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online

### Further reading

* “hei” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

## Middle English
### Etymology 1
#### Noun

hei (uncountable)
* Alternative form of hey (“hay”)

### Etymology 2
#### Interjection

hei
* Alternative form of hey (“hey”)

### Etymology 3
#### Noun

hei
* Alternative form of heye (“hedge”)

### Etymology 4
#### Pronoun

hei
* Alternative form of he (“they”)

### Etymology 5
#### Verb

hei (third-person singular simple present heieth, present participle heiende, heiynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle heied)
* Alternative form of heien (“to lift up”)

### Etymology 6
#### Adjective

hei (comparative heier, superlative heiest)
* Alternative form of heigh (“high”)

## Mòcheno
### Etymology

From Middle High German höuwe, from Old High German hewi, houwi, from Proto-West Germanic *hawi, from Proto-Germanic *hawją (“hay”). Cognate with German Heu, English hay.

### Noun

hei n
* hay

#### Related terms

* heibeger

### References

* “hei” in Cimbrian, Ladin, Mòcheno: Getting to know 3 peoples. 2015. Servizio minoranze linguistiche locali della Provincia autonoma di Trento, Trento, Italy.

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology 1

From Old Norse hei.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /hæɪ/
* Rhymes: -æɪ

#### Interjection

hei
* hi (greeting)
** hei!
    hi!

##### Derived terms

* heie

### Etymology 2

From Old Norse heiðr.

#### Noun

hei f or m (definite singular heia or heien, indefinite plural heier, definite plural heiene)
* a heath or moor

### References

* “hei” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /hɛɪː/

### Etymology 1

From Old Norse hei.

#### Interjection

hei
* hi (greeting)
** hei!
    hi!

##### Derived terms

* heie

### Etymology 2

From Old Norse heiðr. Akin to English heath.

#### Noun

hei f (definite singular heia, indefinite plural heier or heiar, definite plural heiene or heiane)
* a heath or moor

##### Derived terms

* heilo

### References

* “hei” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Old Frisian
### Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *hugi.

### Noun

hei m
* mind, sense

#### Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

#### Descendants

* North Frisian: huwggje

## Portuguese
### Alternative forms

* hey (obsolete)
* ey (obsolete)
* ei (obsolete)

### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese ei, from a Proto-Romance */ˈajo/, from Latin habeō, from Proto-Italic *habēō or *haβēō, the latter may be from Proto-Indo-European *gʰeh₁bʰ- (“to grab, to take”).

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈej/ [ˈeɪ̯]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈɐj/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈɐj/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /ˈej/
** (Central Portugal) IPA: /ˈej/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ˈe/
* Homophone: ei
* Hyphenation: hei

### Verb

hei
* first-person singular present indicative of haver

#### Derived terms

* -ei

### References

* ↑ in Ciberdúvidas da Língua Portuguesa: 'Havemos, haveis e as terminações do futuro do indicativo' [consultado em 17-11-2022]

## Romanian
### Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /hej/

### Interjection

hei
* hey

## Romansch
### Alternative forms

* hai (Vallader)

### Interjection

hei
* (Puter, Vallader) yes (used to indicate agreement with the speaker in a conversation)

#### Derived terms

* bainschi hei

#### Related terms

* (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

## Scots
### Pronoun

hei
* (Southern Scots, personal) he

### See also

* ei

## Sranan Tongo
### Etymology 1

From English high.

#### Adjective

hei
* high

### Etymology 2

From English hare.

#### Noun

hei
* paca

##### Alternative forms

* ei

## Tahitian
### Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *sei (compare with Maori hei and Samoan sei)

### Noun

hei
* flower garland, lei

### References

* ↑ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “sei.1b”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online

### Further reading

* Yves Lemaître, Lexique du tahitien contemporain (Current Tahitian lexicon), 1995.
* “hei” in Dictionnaire en ligne Tahitien/Français (Online Tahitian–French Dictionary), by the Tahitian Academy.

## Zyphe
### Verb

hei
* to be spicy
* to ask

### References

* Samson Alexander Lotven (2021) The Sound Systems of Zophei Dialects and Other Maraic Languages (Dissertation)‎