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hetta

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See also: hətta

Faroese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhɛʰtːa/
  • Rhymes: -ɛʰtːa

Etymology 1

From Old Norse hetta, from Proto-Germanic *hattijǭ.

Noun

hetta f (genitive singular hettu, plural hettur)

  1. cap
  2. The black nape and crown (lit., “cap”) on the head of the terna (“Arctic tern / arctic tern”).
  3. foreskin
Declension
More information f1, singular ...
Derived terms
  • dvørgahetta
  • ferðingarhetta
  • skrúðhetta
  • smæðhetta
  • stavnhetta
  • trøllhetta
  • váshetta

Etymology 2

Pronoun

hetta n sg

  1. (demonstrative) this, nominative and accusative singular neuter form of hesin
Declension
More information singular, masculine ...
Derived terms
  • lat meg fáa hetta - please give me this (when pointing at something that you don't know the word for)

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse hetta, from Proto-Germanic *hattijǭ.

Pronunciation

Noun

hetta f (genitive singular hettu, nominative plural hettur)

  1. cap, hood

Declension

More information singular, plural ...

Derived terms

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Japanese

Romanization

hetta

  1. Rōmaji transcription of へった

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Noun

hetta f sg

  1. definite feminine singular of hette

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

hetta f sg

  1. definite feminine singular of hette

Polish

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

Interjection

hetta

  1. (Near Masovian, Przemyśl) used to direct horses to move forward; giddyup
    Synonym: (dialectal) wio
    Coordinate terms: ahet, ahojt, ksobie, odsiebie, odsię, tprrruu
  2. (Lasovia) used to direct horses or oxen to the right

Further reading

  • Władysław Matlakowski (1891), “hetta”, in “Zbiór wyrazów ludowych dawnej ziemi czerskiej”, in Sprawozdania Komisyi Językowej Akademii Umiejętności, volume 4, Krakow: Drukarnia Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, page 372
  • Aleksander Saloni (1899), “hetta”, in “Lud wiejski w okolicy Przeworska”, in M. Arct, E. Lubowski, editors, Wisła : miesięcznik gieograficzno-etnograficzny (in Polish), volume 13, Warsaw: Artur Gruszecki, page 239
  • Oskar Kolberg (1865), “hetta”, in Lud. Jego zwyczaje, sposób życia, mowa, podania, przysłowia, obrzędy, gusła, zabawy, pieśni, muzyka i tańce. Serya II. Sandomierskie (in Polish), page 266
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Swedish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Swedish hita, from Old Norse hiti. It could also be derived from the oblique cases of Old Swedish hiti (from Old Norse hiti) .

Noun

hetta c

  1. heat
Declension
More information nominative, genitive ...

Etymology 2

Partly from Old Swedish hita, partly from Old Swedish hēta, from Old Norse heita, from Proto-Germanic *haitijaną.

Verb

hetta (present hettar, preterite hettade, supine hettat, imperative hetta)

  1. to heat
Conjugation
More information active, passive ...

1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

  • upphetta

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