# hetta
## Faroese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈhɛʰtːa/
* Rhymes: -ɛʰtːa

### Etymology 1

From Old Norse hetta, from Proto-Germanic *hattijǭ.

#### Noun

hetta f (genitive singular hettu, plural hettur)
* cap
* The black nape and crown (lit., “cap”) on the head of the terna (“Arctic tern / arctic tern”).
* foreskin

##### Derived terms

* dvørgahetta
* ferðingarhetta
* skrúðhetta
* smæðhetta
* stavnhetta
* trøllhetta
* váshetta

### Etymology 2
#### Pronoun

hetta n sg
* (demonstrative) this, nominative and accusative singular neuter form of hesin

##### Declension

Demonstrative pronoun - ávísingarfornavn :
| Singular (eintal) | m | f | n |
| Nominative (hvørfall) | hesin | henda / hendan | hetta / hettar |
| Accusative (hvønnfall) | henda / hendan | hesa | hetta / hettar |
| Dative (hvørjumfall) | hesum | hesari / hesi | hesum |
| Genitive (hvørsfall) | - | - | - |
| Plural (fleirtal) | m | f | n |
| Nominative (hvørfall) | hesir | hesar | hesi |
| Accusative (hvønnfall) | hesar | hesar | hesi |
| Dative (hvørjumfall) | hesum | hesum | hesum |
| Genitive (hvørsfall) | hesa | hesa | hesa |

##### Derived terms

* lat meg fáa hetta - please give me this (when pointing at something that you don't know the word for)

#### See also

* hatta n (that)

## Icelandic
### Etymology

From Old Norse hetta, from Proto-Germanic *hattijǭ.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈhɛhta/
    Rhymes: -ɛhta

### Noun

hetta f (genitive singular hettu, nominative plural hettur)
* cap, hood

#### Derived terms

* hettumáfur / hettumávur
* hettupeysa
* munkahetta

## Japanese
### Romanization

hetta
* Rōmaji transcription of へった

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Alternative forms

* hetten m sg

### Noun

hetta f sg
* definite feminine singular of hette

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Noun

hetta f sg
* definite feminine singular of hette

## Polish
### Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

### Pronunciation

* (Masovia):
** (Near Masovian) IPA: /ˈxɛt.ta/
* (Lesser Poland):
** (Lasovia) IPA: /ˈxɛt.ta/
** (Przemyśl) IPA: [ˈhɛt.ta]

### Interjection

hetta
* (Near Masovian, Przemyśl) used to direct horses to move forward; giddyup
    Synonym: (dialectal) wio
    Coordinate terms: ahet, ahojt, ksobie, odsiebie, odsię, tprrruu
* (Lasovia) used to direct horses or oxen to the right

### Further reading

* Władysław Matlakowski (1891) “hetta”, in “Zbiór wyrazów ludowych dawnej ziemi czerskiej”, in Sprawozdania Komisyi Językowej Akademii Umiejętności, volume 4, Krakow: Drukarnia Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, page 372
* Aleksander Saloni (1899) “hetta”, in “Lud wiejski w okolicy Przeworska”, in M. Arct, E. Lubowski, editors, Wisła : miesięcznik gieograficzno-etnograficzny (in Polish), volume 13, Warsaw: Artur Gruszecki, page 239
* Oskar Kolberg (1865) “hetta”, in Lud. Jego zwyczaje, sposób życia, mowa, podania, przysłowia, obrzędy, gusła, zabawy, pieśni, muzyka i tańce. Serya II. Sandomierskie (in Polish), page 266

## Swedish
### Pronunciation

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* Homophone: hätta

### Etymology 1

From Old Swedish hita, from Old Norse hiti. It could also be derived from the oblique cases of Old Swedish hiti (from Old Norse hiti) .

#### Noun

hetta c
* heat

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

Partly from Old Swedish hita, partly from Old Swedish hēta, from Old Norse heita, from Proto-Germanic *haitijaną.

#### Verb

hetta (present hettar, preterite hettade, supine hettat, imperative hetta)
* to heat

##### Conjugation

$^1$ Archaic. $^2$ Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

##### Related terms

* upphetta

### Anagrams

* hatet, hetat