Japanese

Romanization

Heita

1. rōmaji reading of へいた

English

Interjection

heita

1. (South Africa, informal) hello; hi
   • 2008, Ben Trovato, Ben Trovato's Art of Survival (page 51)

     I can hear the conversation: "Heita, bra. Let's go. We don't need bullets."

Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈhaita]

Etymology 1

From Old Norse heita ‎(“to heat”).

Verb

heita

1. to heat ^syn.

Conjugation

Synonyms

• (heat ^def.): hita, verma

Etymology 2

From Old Norse heita ‎(“to call”).

Verb

heita

1. (kvæði) to beg, to ask ^syn.
2. (biblical) to promise ^syn.

Synonyms

• (beg, ask ^def.): biðja
• (promise ^def.): lova

Verb

heita

1. (archaic, poetic) to call ^syn.

Synonyms

• (call ^def.): eita

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse heita, from Proto-Germanic *haitaną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈheiːta/
• Rhymes: -eiːta

Verb

heita ‎(strong verb, third-person singular past indicative hét, third-person plural past indicative hétu, supine heitið)

1. to be called, to be named
   • Revelation 6-11 (English and Icelandic)

     Og ég sá, og sjá: Bleikur hestur, og sá er á honum sat, hann hét Dauði, og Hel var í för með honum. Þeim var gefið vald yfir fjórða hluta jarðarinnar, til þess að deyða með sverði, með hungri og drepsótt og láta menn farast fyrir villidýrum jarðarinnar.

     I looked, and there before me was a pale horse! Its rider was named Death, and Hades was following close behind him. They were given power over a fourth of the earth to kill by sword, famine and plague, and by the wild beasts of the earth.

   Ég heiti Baldur.

   My name is Baldur.

2. to promise

   Ég heiti þér því.‎

   I promise it to you.

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Synonyms

• (to be called, to be named): nefnast
• (to promise): lofa

Derived terms

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• heite

Etymology

From Old Norse heita, from Proto-Germanic *haitaną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɛiːta/ (example of pronunciation)

Verb

heita ‎(present tense heiter, past tense heitte or het, past participle heitt, present participle heitande, imperative heit)

1. (intransitive) be called or named; have a name

   Kva heiter du?

   What is your name?

See also

• hete (Bokmål)

References

• “heita” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Norse

Alternative forms

• hæita (Old East Norse)
• haita (Old Gutnish)

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *haitaną, from Proto-Indo-European *key(w)-, *kyew- ‎(“to set in motion”). Cognate with Old English hātan, Old Saxon hētan, Old High German heizzan, Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 ‎(haitan).

Verb

heita ‎(singular past indicative hét, plural past indicative hétu, past participle heitinn)

1. to be called, to be named

   Ek heiti Anna.

   My name is Anna.

Conjugation

Descendants

References

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

Veps

Pronoun

heita

1. abessive of hö