different between heam vs heah

English

Etymology

Dialectal form of hame (“membrane”). Compare Old English ?ildhamma (“womb”), Low German hamen (“afterbirth”), Old Dutch hamme (“afterbirth”). More at hame.

Noun

heam (plural heams)

1. The afterbirth or secundus of an animal.

Anagrams

• HEMA, Hema, Mahé, ah me, ahem, haem, haem-, hame, hæm-

English

Adverb

heah (not comparable)

1. (US, historical, colloquial) Pronunciation spelling of here, representing African-American Vernacular English.

Adjective

heah (not comparable)

1. (US, historical, colloquial) Pronunciation spelling of here, representing African-American Vernacular English.

Old English

Alternative forms

• h?h

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *hauh (“high”), from Proto-Germanic *hauhaz.

Cognate with Old Frisian h?h, Old Saxon h?h, Old High German h?h, Old Dutch h?h, Old Norse hár, Gothic ???????????????????? (hauhs).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xæ???x/, [hæ???x]

Adjective

h?ah (comparative h?erra, superlative h?ehst)

1. high, tall
2. exalted, illustrious, important
3. proud, haughty
4. deep
5. right (as opposed to left)
6. (in compounds) main, principal, arch-

7. (in compounds) denotes intensification, completion or perfection

Declension

Antonyms

• d?op (“deep”)
• niþerl?? (“low”)

Derived terms

• h?al??e
• h?ahstede
• h?ahwe?

Descendants

• Middle English: heigh
  • English: high
  • Scots: heich
  • Yola: heigh, hia
• Scots: he-, hey-