# 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.
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#### Alternative forms

* heigh

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /haɪ/, [haɪ̯]
* (Indic) IPA: /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

* bonjour/hi
* hi-bye friend
* hi there
* rehi

##### Translations
#### 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-score
* hi-tech
* hi-top
* hi-vis
* hi-way

##### Related terms

* lo
* mid

### See also

* hi-rail
* hi-spy-hi
* hi-wa itck
* hi-ya
* qui-hi

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

#### Derived terms

* hirët
* hirtë
* hith

## Basque
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)
* IPA: (Navarro-Lapurdian) /hi/ [hi]
* IPA: (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)

#### Derived terms

* hiketa (“use of hi”)

#### Related terms

* heu

### Further reading

* “hi”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
* “hi”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

## Bavarian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /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

##### See also

* hi-

### 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

## Breton
### Etymology

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

### Pronoun

hi
* she

## Catalan
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (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

$^1$ 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

### See also

* en pron
* ho pron

### Further reading

* “hi” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Cantonese (Jyutping): haai$^1$
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: haai$^1$
*** Yale: hāai
*** Cantonese Pinyin: haai$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: hai$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /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 (diu$^2$)

##### Related terms

* hi auntie

##### See also

* hihi
* 向左走向右走

### Etymology 3

Irregular romanisation of 揩 (haai$^1$).

#### Verb

hi
* (Hong Kong Cantonese) Alternative form of 揩 (haai$^1$)

## Cornish
### 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.

## 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

##### Synonyms

* vinterhi

### Etymology 2

Onomatopoeia for laughter or giggling.

#### Interjection

hi
* (onomatopoeia) Signifies giggling.

##### See also

* ha

## 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: /ˈhaɪ̯/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -aɪ̯
* Homophones: hei, high

### Interjection

hi
* (very informal) hi
    Synonym: moin

### Further reading

* “hi” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

## Japanese
### Romanization

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

## Kankanaey
### Pronunciation

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

### Article

hi
* Pronunciation variant of si.

#### Synonyms

Southern / Central :
| Mt. Province | Tadian | si, (Lubon) hi, (Banaao, Cadad-anan, Cagubatan, Dacudac, Lenga, Pandayan) ho |
| Mt. Province | Bauko | si, (Banao, Bila, Otucan) hi |
| Mt. Province | Sabangan | si, (Tambingan, Supang, Data, Lagan, Losad, Poblacion) si, (Bun-ayan, Pingad, Bao-angan, Camatagan, Napua, Gayang, Capinitan, Busa, Namatec) hi |
| Northern / Applai |||
| Mt. Province | Sagada | si |

## Latin
### Pronoun

hī
* nominative masculine plural of hic

## Maltese
### Etymology

From Arabic هِيَ (hiya).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /iː/

### Pronoun

hi
* Alternative form of hija

#### Inflection
## Middle Dutch
### Etymology

From Old Dutch hīe.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /hiː/

### Pronoun

hi
* he

#### Descendants

* Dutch: hij, ie
* Limburgish: hae

### Further reading

* “hi”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
* Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “hi (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I

## Middle English
### 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”)

## Middle Low German
### Pronunciation

* Possibly: IPA: /hiː/
* Certainly: Stem vowel: ê⁴
** IPA: /hiɛ/, /hiə/

### Pronoun

hî
* Alternative form of hê.

## Naga Pidgin
### Etymology

From Hindi ही (hī).

### Particle

hi
* an emphatic particle

## Namuyi
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [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

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

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /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.

## Old English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /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: /ˈhiː/

### Pronoun

hī m (accusative hine, genitive sīn, dative him)
* he

#### 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
### Etymology 1
#### Preposition

hi
* Alternative spelling of i

### Etymology 2
#### 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: /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: [hi˧˧]
* (Huế) IPA: [hɪj˧˧]
* (Saigon) IPA: [hɪj˧˧]

### Verb

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

#### See also

* nhe

## Welsh
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /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

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

## Yilan Creole
### Etymology

From Japanese 火(ひ) (hi, “fire”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /çi/

### Noun

hi
* fire

## Yola
### Alternative forms

* h'

### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /hiː/, /h/
* Homophones: hea, hye

### Pronoun

hi
* they
** 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 5, pages 86:Mot w'all aar boust, hi soon was ee-teightBut 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: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:Shu ztaared an shu ztudied hi near parshagh moan,She stared and she studied (them) by the other passive woman,

### References

* 1 2 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
* ↑ Kathleen A. Browne (1927) “THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD.”, in Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of lreland (Sixth Series)‎, volume 17, number 2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland

## Yoruba
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

IPA: /hí/

#### Noun

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

#### See also

* (Latin-script letter names) lẹ́tà; á, bí, dí, é, ẹ́, fí, gí, gbì, hí, í, jí, kí, lí, mí, ní, ó, ọ́, pí, rí, sí, ṣí, tí, ú, wí, yí

### Etymology 2
#### Alternative forms

* sí

#### Preposition

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

##### Derived terms

* húlí (“to the home”)

#### See also

* ní

## Zou
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /hi˧/

### Noun

hi
* disease

#### References

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