hee

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

English

Etymology 1

Interjection

hee

1. (onomatopoeia) An expression of laughter.
   • 1886, Peter Christen Asbj&oslash￵rnsen, 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!

Related terms

• haw
• hee haw
• hee-haw
• hee-hee
• hee hee hee
• tee hee
• tee-hee
• tee hee hee
• te-hee

Etymology 2

Pronoun

hee (personal pronoun)

1. Obsolete spelling of he (sometimes emphatic).
   • 1667, John Milton, “Book XI”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →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	héeh	haytéh	héeh	haytéh	haynéh	hayteeníh	heeníh
	N-affirmative	hée	hayté	hée	hayté	hayné	haytén	héen
	negative	máhanniyo	máhannito	máhanna	máhanna	máhannino	máhanniton	máhannon
imperfective	V-affirmative	háah	haytáh	háah	haytáh	haynáh	haytaanáh	haanáh
	N-affirmative	háa	haytá	háa	haytá	haytán	háan	máhaa
	negative	máhayta	máhaa	máhayta	máhayna	máhaytan	máhaan	héeliyoh, héeyyoh
prospective	V-affirmative	héelitoh, héettoh	héeleh	héeleh	héelinoh, héennoh	héelitoonuh, héettoonuh	héeloonuh	héeliyo, héeyyo
	N-affirmative	héelito, héetto	héele	héele	héelino, héenno	héeliton, héetton	héelon	háyuh
conjunctive I	V-affirmative	háytuh	háyuh	háytuh	háynuh	haytóonuh	hóonuh	háyu
	N-affirmative	háytu	háyu	háytu	háynu	háytoonu	hóonu	hée wáyuh
	negative	hée wáytuh	hée wáyuh	hée wáytuh	hée wáynuh	hée waytóonuh	hée wóonuh	háankeh
conjunctive II	V-affirmative	haytánkeh	háankeh	haytánkeh	haynánkeh	haytaanánkeh	haanánkeh	háanke
	N-affirmative	haytánke	háanke	haytánke	haynánke	haytaanánke	haanánke	hée wáankeh
	negative	hée waytánkeh	hée wáankeh	hée waytánkeh	hée waynánkeh	hée waytaanánkeh	hée waanánkeh	háay
jussive	affirmative	háytay	háay	háytay	háynay	haytóonay	hóonay	hée wáay
	negative	hée wáytay	hée wáay	hée wáytay	hée wáynay	hée waytóonay	hée wóonay	hanniyóy
past conditional	affirmative	hannitóy	hannáy	hannáy	hanninóy	hannitóonuy	hanninóonuy	hée wóonay
	negative	hée wanniyóy	hée wannitóy	hée wannáy	hée wannáy	hée wanninóy	hée wannitóonuy	hée wanninóonuy
present conditional I	affirmative	héek	hayték	héek	hayték	haynék	hayteeník	heeník
	negative	hée wéek	hée wayték	hée wéek	hée wayték	hée waynék	hée wayteeník	hée weeník
		singular	plural			singular	plural
consultative	affirmative	hayóo	haynóo	imperative	affirmative	háy	háya
	negative	mahayóo	mahaynóo		negative	máhan	máhana
-h converb	-i form	-k converb	-in(n)uh converb	-innuk converb	infinitive	indefinite participle
						V-focus	N-focus
háah	háyi	háak	hayínnuh	hayínnuk	hayíyya	hannáanih	hannáan
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

• Audio:

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Interjection

hee

1. alternative spelling of hé

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”)

North Frisian

Verb

hee

1. third-person singular present of haa

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”)
• dü (“you, thou”)
• wie (“we”)
• jie (“you”)

Further reading

• Plautdietsch Lexicon of 17,000 words

Vilamovian

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

hee n (plural heeia)

1. hay

Derived terms

• heeaon

Yanomam

Noun

hee (unclassified holonym; singulative hee a, dual hee kipë, plural hee pë)

1. bat

References

• Perri Ferreira, Helder (2017), Yanomama Clause Structure‎, volume 1, Utrecht: LOT, →ISBN, page 115

Zyphe

Noun

hee

1. mango

References

• Samson Alexander Lotven (2021) The Sound Systems of Zophei Dialects and Other Maraic Languages (Dissertation)‎