heta

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἧτᾰ (hêtă).

heta (plural hetas)

1. The Ancient Greek letter eta, or variants of it, when used in their original function of denoting the consonant /h/.

• Heta on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• HEAT, Thea, eath, haet, hate, heat

heta m or f (invariable)

1. heta (old Greek letter)

heta

1. Rōmaji transcription of へた

heta

1. simple past and past participle of hete (“to heat”)

   Alternative form: hetet

heta

1. inflection of hete:
   1. simple past
   2. past participle

From Old Norse heita, from Proto-Germanic *haitaną.

hēta

1. to call, invoke
2. to be called, be named

• Swedish: heta

• Rhymes: -a

heta

1. much; a lot

heta

1. many

• Canese, Natalia Krivoshein de; Alcaraz, Feliciano Acosta (2016), “heta”, in Ñe’ẽryru [Dictionary] (overall work in Spanish), Asunción: Instituto Superior de Lenguas, →ISBN, page 29, column 1

-heta (infinitive guheta, perfective -hese)

1. (transitive) bend

• IPA^(key): /²heːˌta/

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• Rhymes: -²eːta

From Old Swedish hēta, from Old Norse heita, from Proto-Germanic *haitaną.

heta (present heter, preterite hette, supine hetat, imperative het)

1. to be called; to have as one's name, to hight
   • 1541, Gustav Vasa Bible, Genesis (Första Mosebok), 29:16, page 28 (paragraph 3, line 30)

     Och Laban hadhe twå döttrar / the äldsta heet Lea / och the yngsta heet Rahel.

     (modernized) Och Laban hade två döttrar / den äldsta hette Lea / och den yngsta hette Rachel.

     And Laban had two daughters: the name of the elder was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel.

   • 1969, Lasse Berghagen, “Teddybjörnen Fredriksson [Fredriksson the Teddy Bear]”‎^[1]:

     Teddybjörnen Fredriksson, ja, så hette han. En gång var han bara min, och vi älskade varann. Teddybjörnen Fredriksson, hans nos den var av garn. Ja, han var min bästa vän när jag var ett litet barn.

     Fredriksson the teddy bear, yes, that was his name [so was-named he]. Once [one time] he was just mine, and we loved each other. Fredriksson the teddy bear, his nose [it – redundant] was made of yarn [was of yarn]. Yes, he was my best friend when I was a little child.

   • 1989, Jakob Hellman, “Hon har ett sätt [She Has a Way]”, in ...och stora havet [...and the great sea]‎^[2]:

     Och fråga efter hennes namn tror jag inte att jag ska. Jag är lite rädd att hon ska heta nåt som inte låter bra.

     And ask for her name I don't think I should [shall]. I'm a bit afraid she'll be called [that she shall be-named] something [or "have a name," which sounds the same] that doesn't sound good.

   Vad heter du?

   What's your name?

   (literally, “What are you named?”)

   Vad heter det på svenska?

   What is it called in Swedish?

   Landet Sri Lanka hette förr Ceylon.

   The country of Sri Lanka was formerly called Ceylon.

2. to be claimed (often of something dubious)

   I deras egen rapport heter det att de hade bygglov

   In their own report, they claim that they had a building permit

3. (obsolete) to call, to name; to command

heta

1. inflection of het:
   1. definite singular
   2. plural

• “heta”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “heta”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “heta”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)

• Thea, heat