heita
/ˈheɪt(a)/
heita interjection: greeting, hello; hi.
Interjection
- Greeting, hello; hi
- I can hear the conversation: "Heita, bra. Let's go. We don't need bullets."2008, Ben Trovato, Ben Trovato's Art of Survival, page 51
- ‘Het ou Pellie!’ I suppose that is the most typical of the popular greetings that belong essentially to Cape Town; but the origin would be hard to trace. One expert thinks it falls into the Malay-Portuguese group.1964, w:Lawrence G. Green, Old Men Say, page 61
Forms of heita
| alternative form | eh ta |
|---|---|
| alternative form | eita |
| alternative form | heit |
| alternative form | heitha |
| alternative form | heito |
| alternative form | het |
| alternative form | heyitha |
| alternative form | heyta |
| alternative form | huit |
Questions about heita
- What does heita mean?
- Heita means greeting, hello; hi.
- What part of speech is heita?
- Heita is an interjection.
- How do you pronounce heita?
- Heita is pronounced /ˈheɪt(a)/.
Words near heita in the dictionary
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