hiti

See also: hīti

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse hiti, from Proto-Germanic *haitį̄ (“heat”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhiːtɪ/

  Rhymes: -iːtɪ

  Homophone: hitið

Noun

hiti m (genitive singular hita, uncountable)

1. heat, warmth
2. fever
3. (meteorology) temperature

Declension

m1s	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	hiti	hitin
accusative	hita	hitan
dative	hita	hitanum
genitive	hita	hitans

Derived terms

• hitaárin
• hitabelti
• hitabrúgv
• hitabylgja
• hitadunkur
• hitaeind
• hitafløska
• hitahvarv
• hitakanna
• hitalag
• hitaleiðari
• hitalinja
• hitalond
• hitamálarstandur
• hitamálari
• hitamát
• hitamátari
• hitameistari
• hitaorka
• hitaprentari
• hitapumpa
• hitasavningarløgur
• hitasavningarslanga
• hitasjúka
• hitaslag
• hitastillari
• hitastrik
• hitastýrdur
• hitatól
• hitatungur
• hitaveiting
• hitaverk
• hitaviðgerð
• hitaviðurskifti
• hitavirði
• hitavørður

 

Further reading

• "hiti" at Sprotin.fo

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse hiti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɪːtɪ/

  Rhymes: -ɪːtɪ

Noun

hiti m (genitive singular hita, nominative plural hitar)

1. heat
2. fever
3. (meteorology) temperature

Declension

Declension of hiti (masculine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	hiti	hitinn	hitar	hitarnir
accusative	hita	hitann	hita	hitana
dative	hita	hitanum	hitum	hitunum
genitive	hita	hitans	hita	hitanna

Derived terms

• hitavella
• jarðhiti
• sótthiti

Related terms

• heitur
• hita

Kikuyu

Etymology

Hinde (1904) records hiti as an equivalent of English hyæna in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu, listing also Kamba mbiti and Swahili fisi together with pisi as its equivalents.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hìtí/

As for Tonal Class, Armstrong (1940) classifies this term into ŋgoko class which includes ngũkũ, icembe, igoko (pl. magoko), ihĩtia (pl. mahĩtia), kĩng'ang'i, maitũ (“my mother”), mbogo, mũkanda, mũthĩgi, nduka, ngingo, rũthanju, Wambũgũ (“man's name”), etc. Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 4 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩng'ang'i, ngũkũ, kĩeha, and so on.

• (Kiambu)

• (Limuru) As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including icembe, igoko (pl. magoko), ihĩtia (pl. mahĩtia), itumbĩ (pl. matumbĩ), kĩeha, kĩng'ang'i, mũhikania, mũhũmũ, mũkanda, mbica, nduka, ngingo, ngũkũ, rũthanju, tombo, and so on.

Noun

hiti class 9/10 (plural hiti)

1. hyena, especially spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta)

Derived terms

(Proverbs)

• gũthekererwo nĩ andũ ti kũrĩrĩrwo nĩ hiti
• hiti ciathiĩ mbwe ciegangara
• mĩcingũ ĩĩrĩ yuunaga hiti kũgũrũ
• mũragwo tũhũ ndaregagwo nĩ hiti
• ngatia ciathiĩ hiti cĩeragara
• tũtikũhe hiti kerĩ

References

• “hiti” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

Old Norse

Etymology

From or related to Proto-Germanic *haitį̄. See also heitr (“hot”).

Noun

hiti m

1. heat

Declension

  Declension of hiti (weak an-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	hiti	hitinn	hitar	hitarnir
accusative	hita	hitann	hita	hitana
dative	hita	hitanum	hitum	hitunum
genitive	hita	hitans	hita	hitanna

Descendants

• Icelandic: hiti m
• Faroese: hiti m
• Norwegian: hete m
• Jamtish: hata m (from the oblique)
• Old Swedish: hiti, hete m
  • ⇒ Old Swedish: hita (from the oblique)
    • Swedish: hetta
  • Swedish: (obsolete) hete m, hette m
• Danish: hede c

References

• “hiti”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press