hê
See also: Appendix:Variations of "he"
AfrikaansEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Dutch hebben, from Middle Dutch hebben, from Old Dutch hebben, from Proto-Germanic *habjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂p- (“to grasp”).
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
hê (present het, present participle hebbende, past had, past participle gehad)
- to have
Usage notesEdit
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.
Jersey DutchEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
AdverbEdit
hê
Min NanEdit
For pronunciation and definitions of hê – see 蝦 (“shrimp; prawn; lobster; to bend; to curve; to flex; etc.”). (This character, hê, is the Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 蝦.) |