different between hai vs hey

English

Etymology

A purposeful misspelling.

Interjection

hai

1. (Internet slang) hi

Anagrams

• AIH, HIA, ahi

'Are'are

Numeral

hai

1. four

References

• Kate?ina Naitoro, A Sketch Grammar of 'Are'are: The Sound System and Morpho-Syntax (2013)

Adzera

Interjection

hai

1. yes

Angor

Noun

hai

1. fire

References

• Robert Lee Litteral, Features of Angor Discourse (1980)

Asturian

Verb

hai

1. third-person singular present indicative of haber

Estonian

Etymology

< Swedish haj (“shark”), < Dutch haai (“shark”)

Noun

hai (genitive hai, partitive haid)

1. shark

Declension

Synonyms

• haikala

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?h?i?/, [?h?i?]
• Rhymes: -?i
• Syllabification: hai

Etymology 1

< Swedish haj (“shark”) < Dutch haai (“shark”) < Old Norse hákarl (“shark”)

Noun

hai

1. shark

Declension

Synonyms

• haikala

Compounds

Etymology 2

< English high < high card

Noun

hai

1. (poker) high card

Usage notes

Often preceded with the rank of the high card, such as ässähai for "ace high (card)".

Declension

Coordinate terms

• pari, kaksi paria, neljän suora, neljän väri, kolmoset, suora, väri, täyskäsi, neloset, viitoset, värisuora, kuningasvärisuora

Anagrams

• iha

French

Verb

hai

1. first-person singular present active indicative of havoir

Galician

Alternative forms

• ha

Verb

hai

1. third-person singular present indicative of haber

   Hai dous nomes diferentes. — "There are two different names."

Garo

Interjection

hai

1. let us, 1st person plural imperative

German Low German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ha??/

Pronoun

hai m

1. (also Märkisch, Sauerländisch, East Pomeranian in Brazil) he

See also

• hei

(Sauerländisch)

• ik (“I”)
• diu (“thou, you (sg.)”)
• iämme (rarely iäme) (“him (dat.)”)
• iänne (“him (dat., acc.)”)
• sai (“she; her (acc.)”)
• iär (“her (dat.)”)
• et (“it”)
• sai (“they”)

(Brazilian)

• ik (“I”)
• duu (“thou, you (sg.)”)
• wij (“we”)
• jij (“you (pl.)”)
• sai (“they”)

Further reading

• Gertjan Postma, A Contrastive Grammar of Brazilian Pomeranian (Linguistik Aktuell / Linguistics Today, vol. 248), 2019, p. 103

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ha?/

Interjection

hai

1. hi

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ai?/
• Homophone: ai

Verb

hai

1. second-person singular present indicative of avere

Anagrams

• ahi

Japanese

Romanization

hai

1. R?maji transcription of ??

Jersey Dutch

Etymology

Cognate to Dutch hij (“he”). Compare German Low German hei (“he”).

Pronoun

hai

1. he
   • 1912, Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsche taal— en letterkunde, volumes 31-32, page 309:

     Hai waz nît tevrêde täus […]

     He was not content at home […]

Malay

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /häi/

Etymology 1

Clipping of wahai.

Interjection

hai (Jawi spelling ????)

1. used to call out to people.

   Hai orang-orang yang beriman!

   Oh, people who believe!

Etymology 2

From English hi.

Interjection

hai (Jawi spelling ????)

1. (informal) used as a greeting.

   Hai, tengah buat apa ni?

   Hello, whatcha doing?

Further reading

• “hai” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Mandarin

Romanization

hai

1. Nonstandard spelling of h?i.
2. Nonstandard spelling of hái.
3. Nonstandard spelling of h?i.
4. Nonstandard spelling of hài.

Usage notes

• 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.

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

hai (plural haies)

1. Alternative form of haye (“hunting net”)

Etymology 2

Interjection

hai

1. Alternative form of hey (“hey”)

Etymology 3

Noun

hai (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of hey (“hay”)

Etymology 4

Noun

hai (plural haies)

1. Alternative form of heye (“hedge”)

Etymology 5

Verb

hai

1. Alternative form of haven (“to have”)

Navajo

Alternative forms

• xai (in older Americanist literature)

Etymology

From the root -HAI (“a winter or a year passes”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [x?j]

Noun

hai

1. winter

Derived terms

• haid????? (“last winter”)
• haigo (“in winter”)
• hai?íí?níí? (“midwinter”)
• dííghaaí (“this winter”)

See also

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Dutch haai

Noun

hai m (definite singular haien, indefinite plural haier, definite plural haiene)

1. a shark

References

• “hai” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Dutch haai

Noun

hai m (definite singular haien, indefinite plural haiar, definite plural haiane)

1. a shark

References

• “hai” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Okinawan

Romanization

hai

1. R?maji transcription of ??

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [haj]

Interjection

hai

1. (with subjunctives) let's

   hai s? mergem

   let's go

Usage notes

Hai is a word expressing inclination toward an action. It is often used to introduce suggestions, such as that in the given example.

Related terms

• haide, haidem, haide?i, haios

Romansch

Alternative forms

• (Puter, Vallader) hei

Interjection

hai

1. (Vallader) yes (used to indicate agreement with the speaker in a conversation)

Derived terms

• bainschi hai

Related terms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sutsilvan, Surmiran) gea
• (Rumantsch Grischun, Vallader) bain
• (Sursilvan) gie, (Sursilvan) bein
• (Sutsilvan) bagn
• (Sutsilvan, Surmiran) ea
• (Surmiran) gea bagn
• (Puter, Vallader) bainschi, schi

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ai/, [?ai?]

Verb

hai

1. (Chile) Informal second-person singular (vos) present indicative form of haber.
2. (archaic, impersonal third-person singular indicative present of haber) there is, there are

   Synonym: hay

Swahili

Pronunciation

Adjective

hai (invariable)

1. alive (not dead)
2. organic (living)

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English hi.

Interjection

hai

1. hello

Vietnamese

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *ha?r, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *?aar (or some variant presented by Proto-Palaungic *l?aar, Khasi ar, Central Nicobarese [Nancowry] â?; Shorto reconstructed Pre-Mon-Khmer *bi?aar). Cognate with Muong hal, Khmer ??? (pii), Bahnar 'bar, Pacoh bar, Khasi ar, Mon ?? (ba).

Insertion of initial *h in Vietic can also be seen in *hu?? (“to kiss”) (> Vietnamese hôn), *he?t (“finished”) (> Vietnamese h?t), *han? (“he, she, it”) (> Vietnamese h?n), *ho?j (“foul-smelling”) (> Vietnamese hôi), *t?-?a?m (> Vietnamese hàm, Late Vietic), *h???? (“river, brook”), *ha??? (“to open (mouth)”).

Pronunciation

• (Hà N?i) IPA^(key): [ha?j??]
• (Hu?) IPA^(key): [ha?j??]
• (H? Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ha?j??]

Numeral

hai (?, ????)

1. two

Adjective

hai • (?, ????)

1. (Southern Vietnam, of a sibling) eldest; firstborn

   Synonym: c?

Derived terms

• c? hai (“both”)
• tháng hai (“February”)
• th? hai (“Monday”)

See also

• nh?
• nhì

Wutunhua

Etymology

From Mandarin ? (shì).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [he]

Verb

hai

1. to be; the copula:
   1. Indicates that the subject and object are the same.

   2. Indicates that the subject has the qualities described by a noun or predicate adjective.

   Antonym: bai

See also

• yek (“to be at; to exist”)

References

• Erika Sandman (2016) A Grammar of Wutun?^[1], University of Helsinki (PhD), ?ISBN

Zhuang

Etymology

From Chinese ? (MC k??i).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /ha?i??/
• Tone numbers: hai¹
• Hyphenation: hai

Verb

hai (Sawndip forms ???? or ? or ? or ??????, old orthography hai)

1. to open

Zou

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hai??/

Noun

hai

1. mango

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hai???/

Verb

hái

1. (intransitive) to chew
2. (transitive) to skim off

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hai???/

Noun

hài

1. cup

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hai???/

Verb

hài

1. (transitive) to forget

References

• Lukram Himmat Singh (2013) A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, page 62

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: h?, IPA^(key): /he?/
• Homophone: hay
• Rhymes: -e?

Etymology 1

From Middle English hey, hei, also without h- in ey, from Old English *h?, ?a (interjection), attested as first element in h?l?, ?al? (“O!, alas!, oh!, lo!”). Cognate with Dutch hé, hei (“hi, hey”), German hei (“hey, wow”), Danish and Swedish hej (“hello, hey”), Faroese hey (“hey, hello”), Old Norse, Icelandic and Norwegian hei (“hey”), Romanian hei, Russian ?? (ej, “hey”); see heigh. Probably a natural expression, as may be inferred from its presence with similar meaning in many other unrelated languages: for example, Burmese ??? (he:), Finnish hei, Unami hè, and Mandarin ? (?i), and various sound-alikes as Ancient Greek ??? (eîa) and Latin eia, eho, Sanskrit ?? (he). See also hello.

Alternative forms

• hay
• heigh

Interjection

hey

1. An exclamation to get attention.

2. A protest or reprimand.

3. An expression of surprise.

4. An informal greeting, similar to hi.

5. A request for repetition or explanation; an expression of confusion.

6. A meaningless beat marker or extra, filler syllable in song lyrics.

Synonyms

• (exclamation to get attention): oi, yo; see also Thesaurus:hey
• (expression of surprise): blimey, gee whiz, yowzah; see also Thesaurus:wow
• (for repetition or explanation): eh, huh
• (informal greeting): hi, howdy, wotcher; see also Thesaurus:hello

Related terms

Translations

See also

• huh
• hay is for horses
• hey on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 2

From French haie (“hedge”), with reference to the weaving patterns used in hedgelaying.

Noun

hey (plural heys)

1. (country dancing) A choreographic figure in which three or more dancers weave between one another, passing by left and right shoulder alternately.

Translations

Etymology 3

See he.

Noun

hey (plural heys)

1. Alternative spelling of he (Hebrew letter)

Anagrams

• Yeh, hye, yeh

Faroese

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

Interjection

hey

1. hi, hey, hello

   Synonyms: halló, góðan morgun, góðan dag, gott kvøld

   Antonyms: farvæl, vit síggjast

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hei?/
• Rhymes: -ei?

Etymology 1

From Old Norse hey, from Proto-Germanic *hawj?.

Noun

hey n (genitive singular heys, nominative plural hey)

1. (usually uncountable) hay

Declension

Etymology 2

Interjection

hey

1. hey

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English h??, h?e?, from Proto-West Germanic *hawi, from Proto-Germanic *hawj? (“hay”).

Noun

hey (uncountable)

1. hay

Alternative forms

• hey?, heygh, hay, ay, heyn, hayn, hei, hei?, heigh, hai, hain

Descendants

• English: hay
• Scots: hey
• Yola: hye, hey

References

• “hei, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

From Old English *h?, ?a. See English hey for more.

Interjection

hey

1. hey

Alternative forms

• hay, ay, he, heh, heigh

Descendants

• English: hey
• Scots: hey

References

• “hei, interj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 3

Noun

hey

1. Alternative form of heye (“hedge”)

Etymology 4

Noun

hey (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of hye (“haste”)

Etymology 5

Pronoun

hey

1. Alternative form of he (“he”)

Etymology 6

Pronoun

hey

1. Alternative form of he (“they”)

Etymology 7

Verb

hey (third-person singular simple present heyeth, present participle heyynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle heyed)

1. Alternative form of heien (“to lift up”)

Etymology 8

Pronoun

hey (comparative heyer, superlative heyest)

1. Alternative form of heigh (“high”)

Portuguese

Verb

hey

1. Obsolete spelling of hei

Somali

Verb

hey

1. possess

Spanish

Alternative forms

• ey

Etymology

Borrowed from English hey.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ei/, [?ei?]

• (Imitating English) IPA^(key): /?xei/, [?xei?]

Interjection

¡hey!

1. hey!

   Synonyms: eh, oye

Related terms

• ah
• oh
• hala

Yola

Noun

hey

1. Alternative form of hye