hê

See also: Appendix:Variations of "he"

Afrikaans edit

Etymology edit

From Dutch hebben, from Middle Dutch hebben, from Old Dutch hebben, from Proto-Germanic *habjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂p- (“to grasp”).

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ɦɛː/
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Verb edit

hê (present het, present participle hebbende, past had, past participle gehad)

to have

Usage notes edit

This verb is highly irregular in Afrikaans due to the fact that it has a different present form from its infinitive form. The present form is used as an active verb with a pronoun. This verb also has a rarely used preterite form, had.

Hokkien edit

For pronunciation and definitions of hê – see 蝦 (“shrimp; prawn; lobster; to bend; to curve; to flex; etc.”). (This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 蝦).

Jersey Dutch edit

Alternative forms edit

hêl

Etymology edit

From Dutch heel.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /he/

Adverb edit

hê

very