хи

Chechen

Etymology

From Proto-Nakh *xi, from Proto-Northeast Caucasian *ɬ:ɔn.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈχi/

Noun

хи • (xi) class dd[1]

  1. water
    Хи довха ду.
    Xi dovxa du.
    The water is hot.
    [2]
  2. river

References
  1. Nichols, Johanna (2004), "Chechen-English and English-Chechen dictionary", p.419
  2. Zura Dotton, Ph.D, John Doyle Wagner, A Grammar of Chechen, p.36

Even

Etymology

From Proto-Tungusic *si (“you, thou”). Compare Manchu ᠰᡳ (si), Evenki си (si), Nanai си (si).

Pronoun

хи (hi)

  1. you (singular)

Ingush

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Nakh *xеᶰ.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈχi/

Noun

хи • (xi) ?

  1. trunk of a tree

Macedonian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [xi]

Noun

хи • (hi) n

  1. chi (Greek letter)

Declension
Declension of хи
singular
indefinite хи
definite unspecified хито
definite proximal хиво
definite distal хино
vocative хи

Russian

Interjection

хи • (xi)

  1. (onomatopoeia) hee (an expression of laughter)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Ancient Greek χεῖ (kheî).

Noun

хи • (xi) n inan (indeclinable)

  1. chi (the Greek letter Χ/χ)
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