hee

See also: Hee, hée, heʻe, he'e, and hē'e

English

Interjection

hee

  1. (onomatopoeia) An expression of laughter.
    • 1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 251:
      "Good evening, Kristen," said I; "what are you telling that creates such fun?" "Hee, hee, hee!" screamed the youngsters, with great glee depicted in their faces; "Kristen has told us about the smith and the devil, and then about the lad who got him into the nut, and now he says he's going to tell us about Peter Sannum, whose horse the fairies stopped on the Asmyr hill."
  2. (rare) Said accompanying a vigorous attack.
    • 1995, Tim Kelly, Dr. Jekyll.. Please Don't Hyde!, page 14:
      Hyde: (Leaps from desk. LADY BUGG runs behind the sofa. HYDE follows.) Hee, hee, hee! LADY BUGG: Help! Murder! Police!
    • 1999, Mona the Vampire, "Attack of the Living Scarecrow" (season 1, episode 1a):
      Mona: Hee! Ha! Ho! Ha! The brain buffet is closed, buddy! Take that! And this!
    • 2003, Walter Wangerin, The Crying for a Vision, page 14:
      Listen! Fire Thunder sprang from the back of the dying pony to the back of a passing buffalo! Hee-hee! He landed facing the tail! He grabbed that tail and twisted it and made his buffalo go wherever he wanted to go. Hee-hee!

Pronoun

hee (personal pronoun)

  1. Obsolete spelling of he (sometimes emphatic).
    • 1667, John Milton, “Book XI”, in Paradise Lost. [], London: [] [Samuel Simmons], [], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: [], London: Basil Montagu Pickering [], 1873, →OCLC:
      He ended, and the Son gave signal high
      To the bright Minister that watchd, hee blew
      His Trumpet

Afar

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈheː/, [ˈheː]
  • Hyphenation: hee

Verb

heé (causative haysiisé)

  1. (transitive) put, place
  2. (transitive, + l-case) attribute to

Conjugation

    Conjugation of hee (irregular)
1st singular 2nd singular 3rd singular 1st plural 2nd plural 3rd plural
m f
perfective V-affirmative héehhaytéhhéehhaytéhhaynéhhayteeníhheeníh
N-affirmative héehaytéhéehaytéhaynéhayténhéen
negative máhanniyomáhannitomáhannamáhannamáhanninomáhannitonmáhannon
imperfective V-affirmative háahhaytáhháahhaytáhhaynáhhaytaanáhhaanáh
N-affirmative háahaytáháahaytáhaytánháanmáhaa
negative máhaytamáhaamáhaytamáhaynamáhaytanmáhaanhéeliyoh, héeyyoh
prospective V-affirmative héelitoh, héettohhéelehhéelehhéelinoh, héennohhéelitoonuh, héettoonuhhéeloonuhhéeliyo, héeyyo
N-affirmative héelito, héettohéelehéelehéelino, héennohéeliton, héettonhéelonháyuh
conjunctive I V-affirmative háytuhháyuhháytuhháynuhhaytóonuhhóonuhháyu
N-affirmative háytuháyuháytuháynuháytoonuhóonuhée wáyuh
negative hée wáytuhhée wáyuhhée wáytuhhée wáynuhhée waytóonuhhée wóonuhháankeh
conjunctive II V-affirmative haytánkehháankehhaytánkehhaynánkehhaytaanánkehhaanánkehháanke
N-affirmative haytánkeháankehaytánkehaynánkehaytaanánkehaanánkehée wáankeh
negative hée waytánkehhée wáankehhée waytánkehhée waynánkehhée waytaanánkehhée waanánkehháay
jussive affirmative háytayháayháytayháynayhaytóonayhóonayhée wáay
negative hée wáytayhée wáayhée wáytayhée wáynayhée waytóonayhée wóonayhanniyóy
past
conditional
affirmative hannitóyhannáyhannáyhanninóyhannitóonuyhanninóonuyhée wóonay
negative hée wanniyóyhée wannitóyhée wannáyhée wannáyhée wanninóyhée wannitóonuyhée wanninóonuy
present
conditional I
affirmative héekhaytékhéekhaytékhaynékhayteeníkheeník
negative hée wéekhée waytékhée wéekhée waytékhée waynékhée wayteeníkhée weeník
singular plural singular plural
consultative affirmative hayóohaynóo imperative affirmative háyháya
negative mahayóomahaynóo negative máhanmáhana
-h converb -i form -k converb -in(n)uh converb -innuk converb infinitive indefinite participle
V-focus N-focus
háahháyiháakhayínnuhhayínnukhayíyyahannáanihhannáan
Compound tenses
past perfect affirmative perfective + perfective of én or sugé
present perfect affirmative perfective + imperfective of én
future perfect affirmative perfective + prospective of sugé
past progressive -k converb + imperfective of én or sugé
present progressive affirmative imperfect + imperfective of én
future progressive -k converb + prospective of sugé
immediate future affirmative conjunctive I + imperfective of wée
imperfect potential I affirmative conjunctive I + imperfective of takké
imperfect
potential II
affirmative imperfective + -m + takké
negative hée + imperfective of wée + -m + takké
perfect
potential
affirmative perfective + -m + takké
negative hée + perfective of wée + -m + takké
present
conditional II
affirmative imperfective + object pronoun + tekkék
negative hée + perfective of wée + object pronoun + tekkék
perfect
conditional
affirmative perfective + imperfective of sugé + -k
negative perfective + sugé + imperfective of wée -k
irrealis hée + perfective of xaaxé or raaré

References

  • E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “hee”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
  • Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie), Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

Cahuilla

Adverb

hée

  1. yes

Central Franconian

Alternative forms

  • hie (southern Moselle Franconian)

Etymology

From Old High German hia, alternative form of hiar. Compare archaic German hie, Luxembourgish hei.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /heː/

Adverb

hee

  1. (Ripuarian, northern Moselle Franconian) here; in this place

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Interjection

hee

  1. Alternative spelling of .

Manx

Verb

hee

  1. second/third-person singular/plural future independent of faik
    Hee eh adsyn cloie 'syn aer.He will see them playing in the air.
    Fark as hee oo!Wait and (you will) see!

Middle English

Pronoun

hee

  1. Alternative form of he (he)

Plautdietsch

Pronoun

hee

  1. he
    • 2003, De Bibel, Mose I (Genesis) 13:4:
      Doa haud hee ea eenen Aultoa jemoakt. Un doa roopt Abram däm Harn aun.
      There he first built an altar. And there Abraham invoked the Lord.

See also

  • am (him)
  • sikj (himself)
  • ekj (I)
  • (you, thou)
  • wie (we)
  • jie (you)

Further reading

Vilamovian

hee

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Noun

hee n (plural heeia)

  1. hay

Derived terms

  • heeaon
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