heri

See also: Heri, héri, herí, and həri

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₃eros (“elevated”).

Adverb

heri

1. on a mountain

Icelandic

Noun

heri

1. indefinite accusative plural of her

Interlingua

Etymology

From Latin heri.

Adverb

heri

1. yesterday

Antonyms

• deman

Japanese

Romanization

heri

1. Rōmaji transcription of へり

Latin

Alternative forms

• here

Etymology

Probably a remodelling of here < Proto-Italic *hezi with the o-stem locative ending of domī, afterwards affected by iambic shortening. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰǵʰyés.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈhe.riː/, [ˈhɛriː] or IPA^(key): /ˈhe.ri/, [ˈhɛrɪ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈe.ri/, [ˈɛːri]
• Note: the long-vowel form is very rare and poetic.

Adverb

herī̆ (not comparable)

1. yesterday

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “tomorrow”): crās

Derived terms

• hesternus

Descendants

• Balkan Romance:
  • Aromanian: eri, ieri ⇒ aeri, aieri
  • Romanian: ieri
• Dalmatian:
  • jere
• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: ieri
  • Sicilian: jeri
• Padanian:
  • Friulian: îr
  • Istriot: ièri
  • Romansch: ier
  • Venetan: geri
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Old French: ier
    • French: hier
      • Haitian Creole: yè
      • → Esperanto: hieraŭ
    • Norman: hiaer, hièr (Jersey)
• Occitano-Romance:
  • Old Catalan: hir^[1]
    • ⇒ Catalan: ahir
  • Old Occitan: ieir^[1]
    • Occitan: ièr
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Aragonese: ayere
  • Old Leonese:
    • Asturian: ayeri
    • Leonese: ayeri
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: eire, eiri^[1]
  • Old Spanish: eri, yer ⇒ ayer^[1]
    • Ladino: ayer
    • Spanish: ayer
      • Chavacano: ayer
      • → Papiamentu: ayera
• Insular Romance:
  • Sardinian:^[2]
    • ⇒ Campidanese: erisèru
    • Logudorese: eris, deris
    • Nuorese: eris, deris ⇒ derisero
• Borrowings:
  • → Esperanto: hieraŭ
    • Ido: hiere

References

1. Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1984) “ayer”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), volume I (A–Ca), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 427
2. Rubattu, Antoninu (2006) Dizionario universale della lingua di Sardegna, "ieri"

Further reading

• “heri”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “heri”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “heri”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *hari, see also Old English here, Old Norse herr.

Noun

heri n or m

1. army

Declension

Dative plural heriun

Descendants

• Middle High German: here, her
  • German: Heer

Old Norse

Alternative forms

• hari — Old East Norse

Etymology

Related to the voiced Verner alternant of Proto-Germanic *hasô.

Noun

heri m

1. hare

Descendants

• Icelandic: héri
• Norwegian Bokmål: hare
• Norwegian Nynorsk: hare
• Elfdalian: eri
• Old Swedish: hari
  • Swedish: hare
• Danish: hare
  • → Faroese: hara f
• → Middle English: here, ere

Further reading

• “heri”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “heri”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “heri”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 194; also available at the Internet Archive

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

From Dutch heel.

Adjective

heri

1. complete, full, whole

Adverb

heri

1. very

Swahili

Alternative forms

• kheri

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic خَيْر (ḵayr).

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Noun

heri class IX (plural heri class X)

1. happiness, good (things)

   kila la heri ― all the best

   kheri ya sikukuu yako ya kuzaliwa ― happy birthday (literally, “happiness of your holiday of birthing”)

Derived terms

• kwa heri

Adverb

heri

1. better (when beginning a clause, "it is better that...")