hāi

See also: Appendix:Variations of "hai"

Hokkien

For pronunciation and definitions of hāi – see 害 (“to harm; to maim; to injure; to cause to do; to result in; etc.”). (This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 害).

From Dutch hij. Cognates include Afrikaans hy.

hāi

he
- 1912, Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsche taal— en letterkunde, volumes 31-32, page 309:
  Hāi waz nît tevrêde täus […]
  He was not content at home […]

Jersey Dutch personal pronouns
	subject	subject	object	object	possessive	possessive	possessive
	full	unstr.	full	unstr.	full	unstr.	pred.
1st person	äk	'k	māi	me, mê	māin	māi	māine
2nd person	jāi	je	jāu	je	jāu	je	jāue
3rd person masculine	hāi	he	häm	h'm		z'n
3rd person feminine	zāi	ze	hœr	h'r	hœr	h'r	hœre
3rd person neuter	hät	it	hät	it		z'n
1st person plural	wāi	we, wê	on̈s, on̈z		on̈s, on̈z, on̈ze		on̈ze
2nd person plural	jœlli	je	jœlli	je	jœlli	je	jœlliz
3rd person plural	hœlli, zāi	ze		se	hœlli		hœlliz

hāi (hai¹, Zhuyin ㄏㄞ)

From hǟ (“to buy”) +‎ -i.

hāi