хи
Chechen
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Nakh *xi. Cognates include Bats ხი (xi) and Ingush хий (xii).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈxi/
Noun
хи • (xi) class dd
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | хи (xi) | хиш (xiš) |
| genitive | хин (xin) | хийн (xiı̇n) |
| dative | хина (xina) | хишна (xišna) |
| ergative | хино̄, хе̄ (xinoo, xee) | хиша (xiša) |
| allative | хине̄, хе̄ (xinee, xee) | хишка (xiška) |
| instrumental | хица (xica) | хишца (xišca) |
| lative | хих (xix) | хийх (xiı̇x) |
| comparative | хил (xil) | хийл (xiı̇l) |
References
- Matsiev, Akhmat G. (1927), Чеченско-русский словарь / Нохчийн-оьрсийн словарь [Chechen-Russian dictionary] (in Russian), Grozny: Typographic-literary publishing house of the newspaper “Serlo”, Krainatsizdat, page 133
- Matsiev, Akhmat G. (1961), Чеченско-русский словарь / Нохчийн-оьрсийн словарь [Chechen-Russian dictionary] (in Russian), Moscow: State Publishing House of Foreign and Ethnicity Dictionaries, page 438
- Nichols, Johanna; Vagapov, Arbi (2004), “хи”, in Chechen–English and English–Chechen Dictionary, London and New York: RoutledgeCurzon, page 213b
Even
Etymology
From Proto-Tungusic *si (“you, thou”). Compare Manchu ᠰᡳ (si), Evenki си (si), Nanai си (si).
Pronoun
хи (hi)
- you (singular)
Ingush
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Nakh *xeᶰ.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈχi/
Noun
хи • (xi) class ?
Macedonian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [xi]
Noun
хи • (hi) n
- chi (Greek letter)
Declension
| singular | |
|---|---|
| indefinite | хи (hi) |
| definite unspecified | хито (hito) |
| definite proximal | хиво (hivo) |
| definite distal | хино (hino) |
| vocative | хи (hi) |
Russian
Etymology 1
Interjection
хи • (xi)
- (onomatopoeia) hee (an expression of laughter)
Derived terms
- хи-хи́ (xi-xí)
- хихи́кать (xixíkatʹ)
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Ancient Greek χεῖ (kheî).
Noun
хи • (xi) n inan (indeclinable)