heech

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West Frisian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Frisian hāch, from Proto-West Germanic *hauh. Cognate with Saterland Frisian hoog, Dutch hoog.

Adjective[edit]

heech

  1. high
  2. tall

Inflection[edit]

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading[edit]

  • “heech (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

Yola[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle English hechen (“to raise, lift up, build, erect; to go up, rise”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

heech (simple past heighed, past participle ee-height)

  1. To put water into a pump to make the sucker work.

Related terms[edit]

References[edit]

  • Kathleen A. Browne (1927) The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland Sixth Series, Vol.17 No.2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, page 128
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