From Old Norse hiti, from Proto-Germanic *haitį̄ (“heat”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈhiːtɪ/

  Rhymes: -iːtɪ

  Homophone: hitið

hiti m (genitive singular hita, uncountable)

1. heat, warmth
2. fever
3. (meteorology) temperature

• "hiti" at Sprotin.fo

From Old Norse hiti.

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɪːtɪ/

  Rhymes: -ɪːtɪ

hiti m (genitive singular hita, nominative plural hitar)

1. heat
2. fever
3. (meteorology) temperature

• hitavella
• jarðhiti
• sótthiti

• heitur
• hita

Hinde (1904) records hiti as an equivalent of English hyæna in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu, listing also Kamba mbiti and Swahili fisi together with pisi as its equivalents.^[1]

• IPA^(key): /hìtí/

As for Tonal Class, Armstrong (1940) classifies this term into ŋgoko class which includes ngũkũ, icembe, igoko (pl. magoko), ihĩtia (pl. mahĩtia), kĩng'ang'i, maitũ (“my mother”), mbogo, mũkanda, mũthĩgi, nduka, ngingo, rũthanju, Wambũgũ (“man's name”), etc.^[2] Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 4 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩng'ang'i, ngũkũ, kĩeha, and so on.

• (Kiambu)

• (Limuru) As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including icembe, igoko (pl. magoko), ihĩtia (pl. mahĩtia), itumbĩ (pl. matumbĩ), kĩeha, kĩng'ang'i, mũhikania, mũhũmũ, mũkanda, mbica, nduka, ngingo, ngũkũ, rũthanju, tombo, and so on.^[3]

hiti class 9/10 (plural hiti)

1. hyena, especially spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta)^[4]

(Proverbs)

• gũthekererwo nĩ andũ ti kũrĩrĩrwo nĩ hiti
• hiti ciathiĩ mbwe ciegangara
• mĩcingũ ĩĩrĩ yuunaga hiti kũgũrũ
• mũragwo tũhũ ndaregagwo nĩ hiti
• ngatia ciathiĩ hiti cĩeragara
• tũtikũhe hiti kerĩ

• “hiti” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

From or related to Proto-Germanic *haitį̄. See also heitr (“hot”).

hiti m

1. heat

• Icelandic: hiti m
• Faroese: hiti m
• Norwegian: hete m
• Jamtish: hata m (from the oblique)
• Old Swedish: hiti, hete m
  • ⇒ Old Swedish: hita (from the oblique)
    • Swedish: hetta
  • Swedish: (obsolete) hete m, hette m
• Danish: hede c

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