hello · an initial response when picking up a phone call · a call for response to try and catch someone's attention
çekim: tamlayan Hallos
eş: Gejohle
köken: Originally used as a call to the ferryman on the other side of the bank; related to Old High German holā, emphatic imperative of holōn (“to fetch, used especially in hailing a ferryman”), from Proto-West Germanic *holōn (“to fetch”). Also see French holà (“hey! stop!”).
aile: aber hallo
Hallo, Sie haben Ihr Gepäck vergessen!
Ich meine, hallo? Was glaubt der eigentlich, wer er ist?
hello (when answering at the beginning of a call) · used to confirm that the person being addressed is listening, or to confirm if anyone is listening · hello (as an in-person greeting)
hi; what's up (a greeting) · what's next? (asking what is the next step or the next thing that follows) · Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see e, aí.
hi (greeting) · hey (to get someone's attention) · bye (often repeated twice: hei hei)
köken: From Proto-Finnic *hei (compare Estonian hei, Ingrian hei, Karelian hei, Ludian hei, Veps hei). Compare also Old Norse hei (whence Swedish hej) and English hey.
köken: From Proto-Vietic *-niː, from Proto-Austroasiatic *niːʔ (“this”). Cognate with Khmer នេះ (nih, “this”), Pacoh nâh (“this”), Khasi kane/une (“this”) and Car Nicobarese në (“these things”). See also nay (“now”) and Central Vietnamese ni (“this”). Compare Lao ນີ້ (nī) , Thai นี้ (níi) , Thai นี่ (nîi) and Chinese 若 (OC *njaɡ, “that”), 爾 (MC nyeX, “that”). Part of the n-series of demonstratives,…