he
TranslingualEdit
SymbolEdit
he
EnglishEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- hee (obsolete)
Etymology 1Edit
From Middle English he, from Old English hē, from Proto-Germanic *hiz (“this, this one”).
PronunciationEdit
- (UK) enPR: hē, IPA(key): /ˈhiː/, (unstressed) IPA(key): /hi/, /i/
- (US) enPR: hē, IPA(key): /hi/, [hi], [çi]
Audio (US) (file) Audio (UK) (file) - Rhymes: -iː
PronounEdit
he (third-person singular, masculine, nominative case, oblique him, reflexive himself, possessive his)
- (personal) A male person or animal already known or implied.
- 1620, Giovanni Bocaccio, John Florio, transl., The Decameron, Containing an Hundred Pleaſant Nouels: Wittily Diſcourſed, Betweene Seuen Honourable Ladies, and Three Noble Gentlemen[1], Isaac Iaggard, →ISBN, Nouell 8, The Eighth Day:
- […] purſued his vnneighbourly purpoſe in ſuch ſort: that hee being the ſtronger perſwader, and ſhe (belike) too credulous in beleeuing or elſe ouer-feeble in reſiſting, from priuate imparlance, they fell to action; and continued their cloſe fight a long while together, vnſeene and vvithout ſuſpition, no doubt to their equall ioy and contentment.
- 1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, H.L. Brækstad, transl., Folk and Fairy Tales, page 77:
- "It was he we saw the tracks of down by Rausand hill."
- July 18 2012, Scott Tobias, AV Club The Dark Knight Rises[2]
- Though Bane’s sing-song voice gives his pronouncements a funny lilt, he doesn’t have any of the Joker’s deranged wit, and Nolan isn’t interested in undercutting his seriousness for the sake of a breezier entertainment.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:he.
- (personal, sometimes proscribed, see usage notes) they; he or she (a person whose gender is unknown or irrelevant.)
- The rulebook clearly states that "if any student is caught cheating, he will be expelled", and you were caught cheating, were you not, Anna?
- (personal, sometimes proscribed) it; an animal whose gender is unknown.
- A genderless object regarded as masculine, such as certain stars or planets (e.g. Sun, Mercury, Mars, Jupiter) or certain ships.
- 1770, A Mathematical Miscellany in Four Parts, 3rd edition, p. 125:
- JUPITER is the largest of all the Planets, his Orbit lies between the Orbits of the Earth and Mars, and at the cast Distance of 426 Millions of Miles from the Sun, he goes round him in 11 Years, 314 Days and 12 Hours; […]
- 2019, Sabaton, Bismarck:
- He [= the ship Bismarck] was made to rule the waves across the seven seas […]
- 1770, A Mathematical Miscellany in Four Parts, 3rd edition, p. 125:
Usage notesEdit
- He was traditionally used as both a masculine and a gender-neutral pronoun, but since the mid-20th century generic usage has sometimes been considered sexist and limiting.[1][2] It is deprecated by some style guides, such as Wadsworth.[3] In place of generic he, writers and speakers may use he or she, alternate he and she as the indefinite person, use the singular they, or rephrase sentences to use plural they.
SynonymsEdit
- (person whose gender is unknown): one, you (indefinite, colloquial); he or she, he/she, they, s/he, or these other third-person pronouns (see "Combined forms", "Invented pronouns")
- (animal whose gender is unknown): it
Derived termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
See alsoEdit
ReferencesEdit
- ^ “he”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
- ^ When Words Collide: A Media Writer's Guide to Grammar and Style (2007, →ISBN
- ^ The Pocket Wadsworth Handbook, 2009 MLA Update Edition →ISBN, page 81: [A]void using the generic he or him when your subject could be either male or female. [...] Sexist: Before boarding, each passenger should make certain that he has his ticket. / Revised: Before boarding, passengers should make certain that they have their tickets.
DeterminerEdit
he
- (African-American Vernacular) Synonym of his
NounEdit
he (countable and uncountable, plural hes)
- (uncountable) The game of tag, or it, in which the player attempting to catch the others is called "he".
- The player who chases and attempts to catch the others in this game.
- (informal) A male.
- Is your cat a he or a she?
Etymology 2Edit
Transliteration of various Semitic letters, such as Phoenician 𐤄 (h), Hebrew ה (h), Classical Syriac ܗ (h, “hē”), and Old South Arabian 𐩠 (h).
Alternative formsEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
he
- The name of the fifth letter of many Semitic alphabets (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others).
- 1658, Thomas Browne, The Garden of Cyrus, Folio Society 2007, page 210:
- The same number in the Hebrew mysteries and Cabalistical accounts was the character of Generation; declared by the Letter He, the fifth in their Alphabet.
- 1988, Christina Pribićević-Zorić, translating Milorad Pavić, Dictionary of the Khazars, Vintage 1989, p. 7:
- This Nehama claimed that in his own hand he recognized the consonant “he” of his Hebrew language, and in the letter “vav” his own male soul.
- 1658, Thomas Browne, The Garden of Cyrus, Folio Society 2007, page 210:
- The name of the first letter of the Old South Arabian abjad.
TranslationsEdit
See alsoEdit
Further readingEdit
- He (letter) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Etymology 3Edit
InterjectionEdit
he
- (uncommon, usually reduplicated) An expression of laughter.
- 1897, Charles Dudley Warner, Hamilton Wright Mabie, Charles Henry Warner, Lucia Isabella Gilbert Runkle, Library of the World's Best Literature: A-Z, page 1791:
- If e'er he went into excess, / 'Twas from a somewhat lively thirst; / But he who would his subjects bless, / Odd's fish!—must wet his whistle first; / And so from every cask they got, / Our king did to himself allot / At least a pot. / Sing ho, ho, ho! and he, he, he! / That's the kind of king for me.
- 1921, Norman Davey, The Pilgrim of a Smile, page 247:
- "Well, what is your next tale?" said Sumner, a little brusquely. "He, he! he, he! . . . he, he!" chuckled the bottle, "the text tale I'm going to tell you in a very funny one. It will make you laugh. There's a lady in it—he, he!—a very comic affair."
- 1897, Charles Dudley Warner, Hamilton Wright Mabie, Charles Henry Warner, Lucia Isabella Gilbert Runkle, Library of the World's Best Literature: A-Z, page 1791:
AnagramsEdit
AukanEdit
NounEdit
he
- paca (large South and Central American rodent)
ReferencesEdit
- Aukan-English Dictionary (SIL), citing Vernon (1985)
BretonEdit
EtymologyEdit
DeterminerEdit
he
CatalanEdit
Alternative formsEdit
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
he
- first-person singular present indicative form of haver
Classical NahuatlEdit
EtymologyEdit
A natural expression.
PronunciationEdit
InterjectionEdit
he
- an expression of physical pain; ouch.
- 1571: Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 22r. col. 1.
- He. o. interjection del / que ſequexa con do / lor.
- He. ouch, and interjection used by one complaining in pain.
- He. o. interjection del / que ſequexa con do / lor.
- 1571: Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 22r. col. 1.
ReferencesEdit
- Alonso de Molina (1571) Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, Editorial Porrúa, page 22r
DanishEdit
InterjectionEdit
he
- (onomatopoeia) Signifies a laugh, especially one that is slightly mischievous.
See alsoEdit
DutchEdit
InterjectionEdit
he
EsperantoEdit
PronunciationEdit
Audio (file)
InterjectionEdit
he
- interjection used to attract someone's attention, hey
- interjection expressing irony
Derived termsEdit
See alsoEdit
FasuEdit
NounEdit
hẹ or hȩ́ (Fasu)
SynonymsEdit
- hi (Namumi)
ReferencesEdit
- Karl J. Franklin, Comparative Wordlist 1 of the Gulf District and adjacent areas (1975), page 67
- Eunice Loeweke, Jean May, General grammar of Fasu (Namo Me) (1980)
- Eunice Loeweke, Jean May, Fasu Namo Me dictionary (1981, digitized 2006)
FinnishEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Proto-Finnic *hek, from Proto-Finno-Permic *sej. Cognates include Northern Sami sii, Erzya сынь (synʹ). The word is inflected as plural, but there is no plural marker in the nominative, except in dialects (het).
PronunciationEdit
PronounEdit
he
- (personal) they (plural, only of people)
- (respectful) he, she, one, (singular) they (of a single human being) (Compare the usage of hän.)
Usage notesEdit
- In standard Finnish, he is practically never omitted, despite the verb showing both the person and the number. (Compare the usage of hän, "she" / "he" / "they" (singular) / "one".)
DeclensionEdit
- Irregular. The comitative and instructive forms don't exist; the abessive is hardly used.
- In addition to the standard set of cases, he and other personal pronouns have a specific accusative form; heidät.
Declension of he
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SynonymsEdit
DescendantsEdit
- Kven: het
See alsoEdit
Etymology 2Edit
From Phoenician 𐤄 (h) and/or Hebrew ה.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
he
- he (fifth letter of the Hebrew and Phoenician scripts and the Northwest Semitic abjad)
DeclensionEdit
Inflection of he (Kotus type 21/rosé, no gradation) | |||
---|---|---|---|
nominative | he | het | |
genitive | hen | heiden heitten | |
partitive | hetä | heitä | |
illative | hehen | heihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | he | het | |
accusative | nom. | he | het |
gen. | hen | ||
genitive | hen | heiden heitten | |
partitive | hetä | heitä | |
inessive | hessä | heissä | |
elative | hestä | heistä | |
illative | hehen | heihin | |
adessive | hellä | heillä | |
ablative | heltä | heiltä | |
allative | helle | heille | |
essive | henä | heinä | |
translative | heksi | heiksi | |
instructive | — | hein | |
abessive | hettä | heittä | |
comitative | — | heineen |
Possessive forms of he (type rosé) | ||
---|---|---|
possessor | singular | plural |
1st person | heni | hemme |
2nd person | hesi | henne |
3rd person | hensä |
German Low GermanEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- hee
- (in other dialects, including Mecklenburgisch, West Pomeranian and Low Prussian) hei
- (in other dialects, including Sauerländisch) hai
- (in other dialects, including regional Westphalian and East Frisian as rare alternative form) hä
EtymologyEdit
From Old Saxon hē, from Proto-Germanic *hiz (“this, this one”).
PronunciationEdit
PronounEdit
he m (genitive sin, dative 1 em, dative 2 en, dative 3 jüm, accusative 1 em, accusative 2 en)
- (in some dialects, including, Münsterland, Mecklenburgisch, Western Pomeranian and Low Prussian, personal) he (third-person singular masculine pronoun)
- He ös to lat. (Low Prussian)
- He is too late.
Usage notesEdit
- Which dative is employed depends on dialect, not on function.
- Some dialects might consider any of the inflected forms obsolete.
Further readingEdit
- G. Ungt, Twee Geschichten in Mönstersk Platt. Ollmanns Jans in de Friümde un Ollmanns Jans up de Reise, 1861. The text has dative em and accusative em and en, and on page 22 the author notes: "Hier und in vielen Fällen steht der Dativ em statt des Accusativ en (ihm statt ihn) nach der Bequemlichkeit, die sich diese Mundart erlaubt." (Here and in many other places stands the dative em instead of the accusative en ...)
HadzaEdit
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
he
HawaiianEdit
EtymologyEdit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
ArticleEdit
he (indefinite)
IdoEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
he (plural be-i)
- The name of the Latin script letter H/h.
See alsoEdit
JapaneseEdit
RomanizationEdit
he
KholosiEdit
EtymologyEdit
Cognate with Sindhi ھِي (hī, “this”).
PronounEdit
he
- it (proximal)
ReferencesEdit
- Eric Anonby; Hassan Mohebi Bahmani (2014), “Shipwrecked and Landlocked: Kholosi, an Indo-Aryan Language in South-west Iran”, in Cahier de Studia Iranica xx[3], pages 13-36
KikuyuEdit
EtymologyEdit
Hinde (1904) records kuha as an equivalent of English give in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu, listing also Swahili kupa, etc. as its equivalents.[1]
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
he (infinitive kũhe)
- to give
Derived termsEdit
(Proverbs)
Related termsEdit
(Nouns)
ReferencesEdit
- ^ Hinde, Hildegarde (1904). Vocabularies of the Kamba and Kikuyu languages of East Africa, pp. 26–27. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- Armstrong, Lilias E. (1940). The Phonetic and Tonal Structure of Kikuyu, p. 361. Rep. 1967. (Also in 2018 by Routledge).
LakotaEdit
ParticleEdit
he
- question-marking particle used by females in formal speech
- Mázaškaŋškaŋ tóna he? ― what time is it?
Usage notesEdit
Informally, both men and women use this question-marking particle. When speaking formally, however, only women use it. In a formal setting, men use huwó, hwo, or huŋwó.
SynonymsEdit
- huwó (used by men)
MandarinEdit
RomanizationEdit
he
- Nonstandard spelling of hē.
- Nonstandard spelling of hé.
- Nonstandard spelling of hě.
- Nonstandard spelling of hè.
Usage notesEdit
- English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.
MaoriEdit
EtymologyEdit
ArticleEdit
he
See alsoEdit
Middle EnglishEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Old English hē, from Proto-West Germanic *hiʀ, from Proto-Germanic *hiz (“this, this one”).
PronunciationEdit
PronounEdit
he (accusative him or hine, genitive his or hisen, possessive determiner his)
- Third-person singular masculine pronoun: he
- 14th century, Chaucer, General Prologue:
- Benynge he was, and wonder diligent
- Kind he was, and very diligent
- 14th century, Chaucer, General Prologue:
- it; used also of inanimate objects
- (impersonal) Third-person singular impersonal pronoun: one; you
Usage notesEdit
In addition to referring to male humans and animals, this pronoun was used for inanimate objects belonging to the masculine grammatical gender early in Middle English. As grammatical gender obsolesced, this pronoun continued to refer to inanimate objects.
Alternative formsEdit
DescendantsEdit
See alsoEdit
nominative | accusative | dative | genitive | possessive | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
singular | 1st-person | I, ich, ik | me | min mi1 |
min | ||
2nd-person | þou | þe | þin þi1 |
þin | |||
3rd-person | m | he | him hine2 |
him | his | his hisen | |
f | sche, heo | hire heo |
hire | hire hires, hiren | |||
n | hit | hit him2 |
his, hit | — | |||
dual3 | 1st-person | wit | unk | unker | |||
2nd-person | ȝit | inc | inker | ||||
plural | 1st-person | we | us, ous | oure | oure oures, ouren | ||
2nd-person4 | ye | yow | your | your youres, youren | |||
3rd-person | inh. | he | hem he2 |
hem | here | here heres, heren | |
bor. | þei | þem, þeim | þeir | þeir þeires, þeiren |
1Used preconsonantally or before h.
2Early or dialectal.
3Dual pronouns are only sporadically found in Early Middle English; after that, they are replaced by plural forms. There are no third-person dual forms in Middle English.
4Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
ReferencesEdit
- “he, pron.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 2Edit
From Old English hīe, hī. Compare þei.
PronounEdit
he (accusative hem or he, genitive heres or heren, possessive determiner here)
- Third-person plural nominative pronoun: they
- p. 1154, “AD 1137”, in Anglo-Saxon Chronicle (MS. Laud Misc. 636, continuation), Peterborough, folio 89, verso; republished at Oxford: Digital Bodleian, 8 February 2018:
- Mani þusen hi drapen mid hungær.
- Many thousands they overcame with hunger.
- Third-person plural accusative pronoun: them
Alternative formsEdit
DescendantsEdit
See alsoEdit
nominative | accusative | dative | genitive | possessive | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
singular | 1st-person | I, ich, ik | me | min mi1 |
min | ||
2nd-person | þou | þe | þin þi1 |
þin | |||
3rd-person | m | he | him hine2 |
him | his | his hisen | |
f | sche, heo | hire heo |
hire | hire hires, hiren | |||
n | hit | hit him2 |
his, hit | — | |||
dual3 | 1st-person | wit | unk | unker | |||
2nd-person | ȝit | inc | inker | ||||
plural | 1st-person | we | us, ous | oure | oure oures, ouren | ||
2nd-person4 | ye | yow | your | your youres, youren | |||
3rd-person | inh. | he | hem he2 |
hem | here | here heres, heren | |
bor. | þei | þem, þeim | þeir | þeir þeires, þeiren |
1Used preconsonantally or before h.
2Early or dialectal.
3Dual pronouns are only sporadically found in Early Middle English; after that, they are replaced by plural forms. There are no third-person dual forms in Middle English.
4Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
ReferencesEdit
- “he, pron.(3).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 3Edit
PronounEdit
he
- Alternative form of heo (“she”)
Etymology 4Edit
InterjectionEdit
he
- Alternative form of hey (“hey”)
Etymology 5Edit
NounEdit
he
- Alternative form of heye (“hedge”)
Etymology 6Edit
AdjectiveEdit
he (comparative her, superlative hest)
- Alternative form of heigh (“high”)
Etymology 7Edit
VerbEdit
he (third-person singular simple present heth, present participle hende, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle hed)
- Alternative form of hyen (“to go quickly”)
Middle Low GermanEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
- Stem vowel: ê⁴
PronounEdit
hê
- (third person singular masculine nominative) he
DeclensionEdit
nominative | accusative | dative | genitive | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st person singular | ik (ek) | mî (mê, mik, mek) | mîn (mîner) | ||
2nd person singular | dû | dî (dê, dik, dek) | dîn (dîner) | ||
3rd person singular | |||||
m | hê (hî, hie) | ēne, en (ȫne, ȫn) | ēme, em (ȫme, en) | sîn (sîner) | |
n | it (et) | ||||
f | sê (sî, sie, sü̂) | ēre, ēr (ērer, ȫrer) | |||
1st person plural | wî (wê, wie) | uns (ûs, ös, ü̂sik) | unser (ûser) | ||
2nd person plural | gî (jê, î) | jû (jûwe, û, jük, gik) | jûwer (ûwer) | ||
3rd person plural | sê (sî, sie) | em, öm, jüm (en, ēnen, ȫnen) | ēre, ēr (ērer, ȫrer) | ||
For an explanation of the forms in brackets see here. |
North FrisianEdit
PronounEdit
he
- Alternative form of hi
Norwegian NynorskEdit
VerbEdit
he
Old EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Germanic *hiz (“this, this one”).
PronunciationEdit
PronounEdit
hē m (accusative hine, genitive his, dative him)
- he
- it (when the thing being referred to is masculine)
- they (singular) (denotes someone of unknown gender)
DeclensionEdit
nominative | accusative | dative | genitive | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
singular | first person | iċ | mec, mē | mē | mīn | |
second person | þū | þec, þē | þē | þīn | ||
third person | neuter | hit | him | his | ||
masculine | hē | hine | ||||
feminine | hēo | hīe | hiere | |||
dual | first person | wit | uncit | unc | uncer | |
second person | ġit | incit | inc | incer | ||
plural | first person | wē | ūsic | ūs | ūser, ūre | |
second person | ġē | ēowic | ēow | ēower | ||
third person | hīe | him | heora |
DescendantsEdit
Old SaxonEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-West Germanic *hiʀ, from Proto-Germanic *hiz.
PronounEdit
hē m
DeclensionEdit
Personal pronouns | |||||
Singular | 1. | 2. | 3. m | 3. f | 3. n |
Nominative | ik | thū | hē | siu | it |
Accusative | mī, me, mik | thī, thik | ina | sia | |
Dative | mī | thī | imu | iru | it |
Genitive | mīn | thīn | is | ira | is |
Dual | 1. | 2. | - | - | - |
Nominative | wit | git | - | - | - |
Accusative | unk | ink | - | - | - |
Dative | |||||
Genitive | unkero | - | - | - | |
Plural | 1. | 2. | 3. m | 3. f | 3. n |
Nominative | wī, we | gī, ge | sia | sia | siu |
Accusative | ūs, unsik | eu, iu, iuu | |||
Dative | ūs | im | |||
Genitive | ūser | euwar, iuwer, iuwar, iuwero, iuwera | iro |
DescendantsEdit
- German Low German: he
PortugueseEdit
VerbEdit
he
- Obsolete spelling of é
RomanianEdit
InterjectionEdit
he
- Alternative form of hei
ScotsEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle English he, from Old English hē.
PronunciationEdit
PronounEdit
he (third-person singular, masculine, nominative case; accusative him, reflexive himsel, possessive his)
SpanishEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Arabic هَا (hā, “behold!, lo!, look!”).[1] Cognate to Galician eis and Portuguese eis.
AdverbEdit
he
Usage notesEdit
Derived termsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
NounEdit
he f (plural hes)
Etymology 3Edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
VerbEdit
he
- inflection of haber:
ReferencesEdit
- ^ Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1983–1991) Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
Further readingEdit
- “he”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
SwedishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Related to häva.
VerbEdit
he (present her, preterite hedde, supine hett, imperative he)
- (regional, colloquial) to put
- Synonym: (Hälsingland region) häva
- Häv/He på stereon ― Put on the stereo (Hälsingland/further north)
Usage notesEdit
Not widely known to native Swedish speakers. Primarily used in certain regions of Norrland in Sweden.
ConjugationEdit
Active | Passive | |||
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Infinitive | he | hes | ||
Supine | hett | hetts | ||
Imperative | he | — | ||
Imper. plural1 | hen | — | ||
Present | Past | Present | Past | |
Indicative | her | hedde | hes | heddes |
Ind. plural1 | he | hedde | hes | heddes |
Subjunctive2 | he | hedde | hes | heddes |
Participles | ||||
Present participle | heende | |||
Past participle | hedd | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. |
TokelauanEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *se. Cognates include Hawaiian he and Maori he.
PronunciationEdit
ArticleEdit
he
Derived termsEdit
See alsoEdit
ReferencesEdit
- R. Simona, editor (1986) Tokelau Dictionary[4], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 304
TurkishEdit
Etymology 1Edit
NounEdit
he (definite accusative heyi, plural heler)
- The name of the Latin-script letter H.
See alsoEdit
- (Latin-script letter names) harf; a, be, ce, çe, de, e, fe, ge, yumuşak ge, he, ı, i, je, ke, le, me, ne, o, ö, pe, re, se, şe, te, u, ü, ve, ye, ze
Etymology 2Edit
NounEdit
he
- Letter of the Arabic alphabet: ه
Etymology 3Edit
ParticleEdit
he
- Alternative form of ha
InterjectionEdit
he
- Alternative form of ha
WestrobothnianEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Old Norse þat n, from Proto-Germanic *þat (neuter of *sa (“that”)), from Proto-Indo-European *tód (neuter of *só (“that”)). Akin to English that.
Alternative formsEdit
PronunciationEdit
PronounEdit
he n (dative dy or di, genitive diss)
ConjunctionEdit
he
Usage notesEdit
The prepositions å/a, fyri, i, ti, åt/at, wä/ve, fȯr, onna and unnär govern the accusative for direction, and dative for location or relation, while diss is used like the when comparing things.
Etymology 2Edit
AdverbEdit
he
Etymology 3Edit
From Old Norse hefja, from Proto-Germanic *habjaną.
Alternative formsEdit
VerbEdit
he (present he or hev or häv, preterite hov, supine hyvi or hevi or hävi)
YolaEdit
PronounEdit
he
- Alternative form of hea
- 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY:
- Co thou; Co he.
- Quoth thou; Says he.
ReferencesEdit
- Jacob Poole (1867), 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, page 31
YorubaEdit
Etymology 1Edit
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
he
- to come across, to come by
- Mo rí ẹ̀bùn he, mo sì bẹ̀rẹ̀ sí í ṣí i. ― I came across a gift and started to open it.
- 1995?, “‘Níwọ̀n Bí A Ti Ní Iṣẹ́-òjíṣẹ́ Yìí, Àwa Kò Juwọ́sílẹ̀’”, in ÀKÁ ÌWÉ ORÍ ÍŃTÁNẸ́Ẹ̀TÌ ti Watchtower[5]:
- Ìṣòro mìíràn tí mo dojúkọ, yàtọ̀ sí ti èdè, ni àníyàn léraléra pé kí àwọn ọlọ́pàá má he mí.
- Another problem I faced, apart from the language, was the constant concern over being picked up by the police.
Usage notesEdit
- often used in a serial verb construction with rí.
Etymology 2Edit
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
hè
- (Ikalẹ) (transitive) Ikalẹ form of sè (“to cook”)
Usage notesEdit
- he when followed by a direct object.