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Symbol

hi

  1. (international standards)ISO 639-1language codeforHindi.

English

Etymology 1

American English.First recorded reference is to speech of a Kansas Indian (1862); originally to attract attention, probably a variant ofMiddle Englishhey,hy(circa1475). Also an exclamation to call attention. Seehey.

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Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Interjection

hi

  1. Afriendly,informal,casualgreetingsaid upon someone'sarrival.
    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[1],L. Ingalls & Company,→ISBN,page143:
      When out on the prairie, up galloped an Indian on his pony with his saluting "hi!"
  2. Anexclamationto call attention.
    • 1913,Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln,chapter VII, inMr. 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.
  3. (dated)Expressingwonderorderision.
Derived terms
Translations

Noun

hi(pluralhis)

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

Etymology 2

Fromhigh.

Adjective

hi

  1. Informal spelling ofhigh,often in hyphenated terms.
    Gethi-quality videos here!
Derived terms

See also

etymologically unrelated terms containing the word "hi"

Anagrams

Albanian

Etymology

Tosk form ofGheghî(pl.hin), fromProto-Albanian*skina,from*skines,fromProto-Indo-European*ḱenHis(compareLatincinis(“dust; cinder”),Ancient Greekκόνις(kónis,“ashes; dust”)).

Noun

him(definitehiri)

  1. ash,ashes
  2. dustof corpses
  3. (figurative)memory of the dead

Derived terms

Basque

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):(Navarro-Lapurdian)/hi/[hi]
  • IPA(key):(Southern)/i/[i]
  • Rhymes:-i
  • Hyphenation:hi

Pronoun

hi

  1. (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,zuis used.
  • When addressing someone using this pronoun, all verb forms (including those not governed byhi) must be inallocutive agreement.For example:
    Mahaia handiada.―The tableisbig.
    Mahaia handiaduk.―The tableisbig. (informal, to a male)
    Mahaia handiadun.―The tableisbig. (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
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
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

Further reading

  • “hi”,inEuskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia[Dictionary of the Basque Academy],Euskaltzaindia
  • “hi”,inOrotariko Euskal Hiztegia[General Basque Dictionary],Euskaltzaindia,1987–2005

Bavarian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

FromMiddle High Germanhin,hine,fromOld High Germanhina.CompareGermanhin,DutchheenandEnglishhence.

Adverb

hi

  2. Used to denote direction away from the speaker.
    Wo gehst'nhi?―Where are you going?
Derived terms
See also

Etymology 2

Clipping ofMiddle High Germanhinüber.

Adjective

hi(predicative)

  1. out of order,broken
    Des Auto ishi.―The car isbroken.
  2. exhausted,depleted
    Nåchn Spuat gestern woar i afoch nurhi.―I was justexhaustedafter yesterday's sport.
  3. (derogatory)dead,deceased
    Auffigstiegn, owigfoin,higwen.―Ascended, fell off,dead.
  4. (figuratively,derogatory,chiefly East Central Bavarian,Vienna)stupid
    Synonyms:ågrennt,deppert,waach
    Bisthiin der Marün?―Are you stupid?
Synonyms

Breton

Etymology

FromProto-Celtic*sī.Cognate toWelshhi.

Pronoun

hi

  1. she

Catalan

Etymology

InheritedfromOld Catalany,i,hic,fromLatinhīc(“here”)andibī(“there”).CompareFrenchy.

Pronunciation

Pronoun

hi(enclitic and proclitic)

  1. represents a place associated with the action described by the verb, unless the place would be introduced by the prepositionde
  2. there(in constructions such as "there is","there are",etc.:seehaver-hi)
  3. replaces an adverb (or adverbial phrase) describing the manner, instrument or association of an action
  4. replaces a phrase introduced by any preposition exceptde(most commonlyaoren)
  5. replaces an indefinite noun or an adjective which is the predicate of a verbotherthanésser,esdevenir,estarorsemblar
  6. (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,hiis always the last in the group.
  • Hiandhocannot be used together with the same verb, nor can twohis be used together.
  • It is sometimes stated thathiisneverused to replace a complement beginning withde.This is not completely accurate, ashican replaceadverbialphrases such asde 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 personmajestic1 nós ens -nos,’ns ens -nos,’ns nostre
2nd person tu et,t’ -te,’t et,t’ -te,’t teu
2nd personformal1 vós us -vos,-us us -vos,-us vostre
2nd personveryformal2 vostè el,l’ -lo,’l li -li seu
3rd personmasculine ell el,l’ -lo,’l li -li seu
3rd personfeminine ella la,l’4 -la li -li seu
3rd personneuter ho -ho li -li seu
3rd personreflexive 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 personformal2 vostès els -los,’ls els -los,’ls seu
3rd personmasculine ells els -los,’ls els -los,’ls seu
3rd personfeminine elles les -les els -los,’ls seu
3rd personreflexive 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

See also

Further reading

Chinese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

FromEnglishhi.DoubletofHải(hāi).

Interjection

hi

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese)hi(interjection)

Etymology 2

FromEnglishhi,seehi auntiefor more.

Verb

hi

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese,euphemistic,originallyInternetslang,neologism)Alternative form ofĐiểu(diu2)
See also

Etymology 3

Irregular romanisation ofKhai(haai1).

Verb

hi

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese)Alternative form ofKhai(haai1)

Cornish

Etymology 1

FromProto-Celtic*sī.Cognate toWelshhi.

Pronoun

hi

  1. she(third-person feminine singular personal pronoun).

Etymology 2

Noun

hi

  1. Aspirate mutation ofki.

Danish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

FromNorwegianhi,fromOld Norsehið.

Noun

hin(singular definitehiet,plural indefinitehier)

  1. winterquarters,winterlair(for hibernation);hibernation(used literally or figuratively)
    at gå ihi
    to enterhibernation
Declension
Declension ofhi
neuter
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative hi hiet hier hierne
genitive his hiets hiers hiernes
Synonyms

Etymology 2

Onomatopoeia for laughter or giggling.

Interjection

hi

  1. (onomatopoeia)Signifies giggling.
See also

Fasu

Noun

hị

  1. (Namumi)Synonym ofhe

References

German

Etymology

BorrowedfromEnglishhi,from 1990s digitalization.

Pronunciation

Interjection

hi

  1. (veryinformal)hi
    Synonym:moin

Further reading

  • “hi”inDigitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Japanese

Romanization

hi

  1. Thehiraganasyllableひ(hi)or thekatakanasyllableヒ(hi)inHepburnromanization.

Kankanaey

Pronunciation

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

Article

hi

  1. Pronunciation variant ofsi.

Latin

Pronoun

hī

  1. nominativemasculinepluralofhic

Maltese

Etymology

FromArabicهِيَ(hiya).

Pronunciation

Pronoun

hi

  1. Alternative form ofhija

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

FromOld Dutchhīe.

Pronunciation

Pronoun

hi

  1. 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

Further reading

Middle English

Etymology 1

Pronoun

hi

  1. Alternative form ofI(“I”)

Etymology 2

Pronoun

hi

  1. Alternative form ofhe(“he”)

Etymology 3

Pronoun

hi

  1. Alternative form ofheo(“she”)

Etymology 4

Pronoun

hi

  1. Alternative form ofhe(“they”)

Middle Low German

Pronunciation

Pronoun

hî

  1. Alternative form ofhê.

Naga Pidgin

Etymology

FromHindiही(hī).

Particle

hi

  1. anemphaticparticle

Namuyi

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):[ɦ̃ĩ˧]
  • Hyphenation:hi

Noun

hi

  1. month

References

  • Li Jianfu (2017)A Descriptive Grammar of Namuyi Khatho spoken by Namuyi Tibetans‎[2],Victoria: La Trobe University (PhD Thesis), page472

North Frisian

Alternative forms

Etymology

FromOld Frisianhī,fromProto-West Germanic*hiʀ,fromProto-Germanic*hiz,fromProto-Indo-European*ḱe.

Pronoun

hi

  1. he
    Hiwal sin frinjer üüb Feer beschük.―Hewants to visit his relatives on Föhr.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

FromOld Norsehiðandhíði.

Noun

hin(definite singularhiet,indefinite pluralhi,definite pluralhia)

  1. lair(of an animal),sett(badgers)
    Bjørnene har gått ihifor vinteren.
    The bears have entered theirlairsfor the winter.

Etymology 2

Determiner

hif(masculinehin,neuterhitt,pluralhine)

  1. femininesingularofhin

Etymology 3

Interjection

hi

  1. hee;expression ofsnickering

References

Old English

Pronunciation

Pronoun

hī

  1. Alternative form ofhīe(“they”)

Old Frisian

Etymology

FromProto-West Germanic*hiʀ,fromProto-Germanic*hiz.Cognates includeOld EnglishhēandOld Dutchhie.

Pronunciation

Pronoun

hī

  1. he

Declension

Old Frisian personal pronoun declensions
singular plural
1st 2nd 3rdm 3rdf 3rdn 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

Etymology 1

Preposition

hi

  1. Alternative spelling ofi

Etymology 2

Particle

hi

  1. Alternative spelling ofí

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

Conjunction

hi

  1. for,because

Adverb

hi

  1. indeed,certainly

References

Pirahã

Etymology

Possibly related toGuaraníha'e

Pronunciation

Pronoun

hi

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

Sumerian

Romanization

hi

  1. Romanization of𒄭(ḫi)

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Verb

hi

  1. tobareone'steeth
    Hi răng ra coi nào.
    Come on, show me your teeth.

See also

Welsh

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

FromProto-Celtic*sī(compareOld Irishsí).

Pronoun

hi

  1. she,her

Etymology 2

Noun

hi

  1. h-prothesizedform ofi

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal h-prothesis
i unchanged unchanged hi
Note:Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Yilan Creole

Etymology

FromJapaneseHỏa(ひ)(hi,“fire”).

Pronunciation

Noun

hi

  1. fire

Yola

Alternative forms

Etymology

FromMiddle Englishhi(“they, them”),fromOld Englishhīe,hī.

Pronunciation

Pronoun

hi

  1. they
    • 1867,“A YOLA ZONG”, inSONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY,number 5, pages86[1]:
      Mot w'all aar boust,hisoon was ee-teight
      But with all their bravadotheywere soon taught
    • 1867,“A YOLA ZONG”, inSONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY,number 8, pages86[1]:
      Hikinket an keilt, ee vewe aam 'twode snite.
      Theykicked and rolled, the few that appeared.
  2. them
    • 1927,“ZONG OF TWI MAARKEET MOANS”, inTHE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD,page129,lines7[2]:
      Shu ztaared an shu ztudiedhinear parshagh moan,
      She stared and she studied (them) by the other passive woman,

References

  1. ↑1.01.1Jacob 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, published1867
  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

Yoruba

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

IPA(key):/hí/

Noun

hí

  1. The name of theLatin-scriptletterH/h.

See also

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

Preposition

hí

  1. (Ikalẹ)to,at,toward(used when movement is implied)
Derived terms

See also

Zou

Pronunciation

Noun

hi

  1. disease

References

  • Lukram Himmat Singh (2013)A Descriptive Grammar of Zou,Canchipur: Manipur University, page40
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