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Translingual
[edit]Symbol
[edit]he
English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Middle English he, from Old English hē, from Proto-West Germanic *hiʀ, from Proto-Germanic *hiz (“this, this one”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱís (“this”).
Cognate with Scots he (“he”), North Frisian he, hi (“he”), Saterland Frisian hie (“he”), West Frisian hy (“he”), Dutch hij, ie (“he”), German Low German he (“he”), Middle High German her (“he”) Central Franconian hä (“he”), Gothic *𐌷𐌹𐍃 (*his, “this”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (UK) enPR: hē, IPA(key): /ˈhiː/, (unstressed form) IPA(key): /hi/, /i/
Audio (UK): (file) - (US) enPR: hē, IPA(key): /hi/, [hi], [çi], (unstressed form) IPA(key): /i/
Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -iː
Pronoun
[edit]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, translated by John Florio, 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, translated by H.L. Brækstad, 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, page 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 […]
Usage notes
[edit]- 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.
Synonyms
[edit]- (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 terms
[edit]- a man is known by the company he keeps
- he-: he-ass, he-bitch, he-cat, he-goat, he-man, he-whore, he-wolf
- he'd
- he-elephant
- he-huckleberry
- he laughs best that laughs last
- he said, she said
- he shoots, he scores
- he who hesitates is lost
- he who laughs last laughs hardest, he who laughs last laughs best
- s/he, he/she, he or she
- speak of the devil and he will appear
- te-he
- that's what he said
Translations
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ “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.
Determiner
[edit]he
- (African-American Vernacular) Synonym of his
Noun
[edit]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 2
[edit]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 forms
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]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, published 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, Milorad Pavić, translated by Christina Pribićević-Zorić, Dictionary of the Khazars, Vintage, published 1989, page 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.
- The name of the first letter of the Old South Arabian abjad.
Translations
[edit]See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]He (letter) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Etymology 3
[edit]Interjection
[edit]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."
Anagrams
[edit]Aukan
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Noun
[edit]he
- paca (large South and Central American rodent)
References
[edit]- Aukan-English Dictionary (SIL), citing Vernon (1985)
Breton
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Determiner
[edit]he (requires spirant mutation)
Catalan
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Noun
[edit]he f (plural hes)
- he (fifth letter of various Semitic alphabets)
Etymology 2
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Verb
[edit]he
Classical Nahuatl
[edit]Etymology
[edit]A natural expression.
Pronunciation
[edit]Interjection
[edit]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.
References
[edit]- Alonso de Molina (1571) Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, Editorial Porrúa, page 22r
Danish
[edit]Interjection
[edit]he
- (onomatopoeia) Signifies a laugh, especially one that is slightly mischievous.
See also
[edit]Dutch
[edit]Interjection
[edit]he
Esperanto
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Interjection
[edit]he
- interjection used to attract someone's attention, hey
- interjection expressing irony
Derived terms
[edit]See also
[edit]Fasu
[edit]Noun
[edit]hẹ or hȩ́ (Fasu)
Synonyms
[edit]- hi (Namumi)
References
[edit]- 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)
Finnish
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Proto-Finnic *hek, from Proto-Finno-Permic *sej. Cognates include Northern Sami sii, Erzya сынь (siń). The word is inflected as plural, but there is no plural marker in the nominative, except in dialects (het). See hän for more details on history of usage.
Pronunciation
[edit]Pronoun
[edit]he
- (personal) they (plural, only of people)
- (respectful) he, she, one, (singular) they (of a single human being, like hän)
- they (in indirect speech: referring to the subjects of the main clause, regardless of whether they are human beings or not, i.e. logophoric pronoun)
Usage notes
[edit]- In standard Finnish, he is practically never omitted, despite the verb showing both the person and the number (compare the usage of hän).
Declension
[edit]- Irregular (inflectional stem hei-, as if in the plural). 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.
Synonyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Kven: het
See also
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]From Phoenician 𐤄 (h) and/or Biblical Hebrew ה.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]he
- he (fifth letter of the Hebrew and Phoenician scripts and the Northwest Semitic abjad)
Declension
[edit]Inflection of he (Kotus type 21/rosé, no gradation) | |||
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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 | |
abessive | hettä | heittä | |
instructive | — | hein | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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Further reading
[edit]- “he”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][3] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01
German Low German
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- 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
Etymology
[edit]From Middle Low German hê, from Old Saxon hē, from Proto-West Germanic *hiʀ, from Proto-Germanic *hiz (“this, this one”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Pronoun
[edit]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 notes
[edit]- Which dative is employed depends on dialect, not on function.
- Some dialects might consider any of the inflected forms obsolete.
Further reading
[edit]- 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 ...)
Hadza
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]he
Hawaiian
[edit]Etymology
[edit](This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Article
[edit]he (indefinite)
Ido
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]he (plural be-i)
- The name of the Latin script letter H/h.
See also
[edit]- (Latin script letter names) litero; a, be, ce, che, de, e, fe, ge, he, i, je, ke, le, me, ne, o, pe, que, re, se, she, te, u, ve, we, xe, ye, ze (Category: io:Latin letter names)
Japanese
[edit]Romanization
[edit]he
Kholosi
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Cognate with Sindhi ھِي (hī, “this”).
Pronoun
[edit]he
- it (proximal)
References
[edit]- Eric Anonby, Hassan Mohebi Bahmani (2014) “Shipwrecked and Landlocked: Kholosi, an Indo-Aryan Language in South-west Iran”, in Cahier de Studia Iranica xx[4], pages 13-36
Kikuyu
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Hinde (1904) records kuha as an equivalent of English give in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu, listing also Swahili kupa, etc. as its equivalents.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]he (infinitive kũhe)
- to give
Derived terms
[edit](Proverbs)
Related terms
[edit](Nouns)
References
[edit]- ^ 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).
Lakota
[edit]Particle
[edit]he
- question-marking particle used by females in formal speech
- Mázaškaŋškaŋ tóna he? ― what time is it?
Usage notes
[edit]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.
Synonyms
[edit]- huwó (used by men)
Mandarin
[edit]Romanization
[edit]- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 荷
he
- Nonstandard spelling of hē.
- Nonstandard spelling of hé.
- Nonstandard spelling of hě.
- Nonstandard spelling of hè.
Usage notes
[edit]- Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.
Maori
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Article
[edit]he
See also
[edit]Middle English
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Old English hē, from Proto-West Germanic *hiʀ, from Proto-Germanic *hiz (“this, this one”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Pronoun
[edit]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 notes
[edit]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 forms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]See also
[edit]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.
References
[edit]- “he, pron.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 2
[edit]From Old English hīe, hī. Compare þei.
Pronoun
[edit]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, 2018 February 8:
- Mani þusen hi drapen mid hungær.
- Many thousands they overcame with hunger.
- Third-person plural accusative pronoun: them
Alternative forms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]See also
[edit]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.
References
[edit]- “he, pron.(3).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 3
[edit]Pronoun
[edit]he
- Alternative form of heo (“she”)
Etymology 4
[edit]Interjection
[edit]he
- Alternative form of hey (“hey”)
Etymology 5
[edit]Noun
[edit]he
- Alternative form of heye (“hedge”)
Etymology 6
[edit]Adjective
[edit]he (comparative her, superlative hest)
- Alternative form of heigh (“high”)
Etymology 7
[edit]Verb
[edit]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 German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- Stem vowel: ê⁴
Pronoun
[edit]hê
- (third person singular masculine nominative) he
Declension
[edit]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 Frisian
[edit]Pronoun
[edit]he
- Alternative form of hi
Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Verb
[edit]he
- (dialectal, Trøndelag) alternative form of hev (“have, has”)
- E he ei bok om føgla. He hann løst å kjøp ho?
- I have a book about birds. Does he want to buy it? (literally "does he have desire to by her?")
- E he ei bok om føgla. He hann løst å kjøp ho?
Old English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Germanic *hiz (“this, this one”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Pronoun
[edit]hē m (accusative hine, genitive his, dative him)
- he
- 10th century, The Wanderer[5]:
- Oft him ānhaga · āre gebīdeð,
Metudes miltse, · þēah þe hē mōdċeariġ- A loner oft waits a grace for himself,
Creator's mercy, even if he is sorrowful
- A loner oft waits a grace for himself,
- it (when the thing being referred to is masculine)
- they (singular) (denotes someone of unknown gender)
Declension
[edit]nominative | accusative | dative | genitive | |||
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singular | first person | iċ | mē, mec | mē | mīn | |
second person | þū | þē, þec | þē | þīn | ||
third person | neuter | hit | him | his | ||
masculine | hē | hine | ||||
feminine | hēo | hīe | hire | |||
dual | first person | wit | unc, uncit | unc | uncer | |
second person | ġit | inc, incit | inc | incer | ||
plural | first person | wē | ūs, ūsiċ | ūs | ūre, ūser | |
second person | ġē | ēow, ēowic | ēow | ēower | ||
third person | hīe | him | heora |
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “hē”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[6], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Old Saxon
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-West Germanic *hiʀ, from Proto-Germanic *hiz.
Pronoun
[edit]hē m
Declension
[edit]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, unka | - | - | - | |
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 |
Descendants
[edit]- German Low German: he
Portuguese
[edit]Verb
[edit]he
Romanian
[edit]Interjection
[edit]he
- Alternative form of hei
Scots
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English he, from Old English hē.
Pronunciation
[edit]Pronoun
[edit]he (third-person singular, masculine, nominative case; accusative him, reflexive himsel, possessive his)
Spanish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Borrowed from Arabic هَا (hā, “behold!, lo!, look!”).[1] Cognate to Galician eis and Portuguese eis.
Adverb
[edit]he
Usage notes
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Noun
[edit]he f (plural hes)
Etymology 3
[edit]See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
[edit]he
- inflection of haber:
References
[edit]- ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
Further reading
[edit]- “he”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swedish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Related to häva.
Verb
[edit]he (present her, preterite hedde, supine hett, imperative he)
- (regional, colloquial, northern) to put
- Synonym: (Hälsingland region) häva
- He den på bordet
- Put it on the table
- Häv/He på stereon
- Put on the stereo (Hälsingland/further north)
Usage notes
[edit]Not widely known to native Swedish speakers. Primarily used in certain regions of Norrland in Sweden.
Conjugation
[edit]Active | Passive | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
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. |
Etymology 2
[edit]Pronoun
[edit]he n
- (regional, northern) it
Usage notes
[edit]Primarily used in the northern parts of norrland
See also
[edit]Tagalog
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈhe/ [ˈhɛ]
- Rhymes: -e
- Syllabification: he
Etymology 1
[edit]Interjection
[edit]he! (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜒ)
- Alternative form of tse
Etymology 2
[edit]Noun
[edit]he (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜒ) (historical)
- Alternative spelling of ge
Anagrams
[edit]Tokelauan
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *se. Cognates include Hawaiian he and Maori he.
Pronunciation
[edit]Article
[edit]he
Derived terms
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary[7], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 304
Turkish
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Noun
[edit]he (definite accusative heyi, plural heler)
- The name of the Latin-script letter H/h.
See also
[edit]- (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 2
[edit]Noun
[edit]he
- Letter of the Arabic alphabet: ه
Etymology 3
[edit]Particle
[edit]he
- Alternative form of ha
Interjection
[edit]he
- Alternative form of ha
Yanomamö
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Noun
[edit]he
References
[edit]- Lizot, Jacques (2004) Diccionario enciclopédico de la lengua yãnomãmɨ[8] (in Spanish), Vicariato apostólico de Puerto Ayacucho, →ISBN
Yola
[edit]Pronoun
[edit]he
- Alternative form of hea
- 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY:
- Co thou; Co he.
- Quoth thou; Says he.
- 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 11, page 88:
- W' vengem too hard, he zunk ee commane,
- With venom too hard, he sunk his bat-club,
- 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 12, page 88:
- Licke a mope an a mile, he gazt ing a mize;
- Like a fool in a mill, he looked in amazement;
- 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 13, page 90:
- He at nouth fade t'zey, llean vetch ee man,
- He that knows what to say, mischief fetch the man,
- 1867, “CASTEALE CUDDE'S LAMENTATION”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 6, page 104:
- He zide hea'de help mee udh o' hoan
- He said he'd help me out of hand
References
[edit]- 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, page 31
Yoruba
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]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[9]:
- 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 notes
[edit]- often used in a serial verb construction with rí.
Etymology 2
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]hè
- (Ikalẹ) (transitive) Ikalẹ form of sè (“to cook”)
Usage notes
[edit]- he when followed by a direct object.
Derived terms
[edit]- Translingual lemmas
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