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he-

Indicating a male, usually of an animal.

(antonym(s) of “masculine affix”): -a, -ess, -ette, -ine, -ress, she-, -trix

she-

prefix for a male

Danish: han (da), han-
Esperanto: -iĉ- (eo), vir- (eo)
Ido: -ul-
Norwegian:
Bokmål: hann (no), han (no), hann-, han-

Nynorsk: hann, hann-
Swedish: han (sv), han-
Volapük: hi, hi- (vo)

-eh, E.H., EH, eH, eh

he-

prefix indicating a relatively low degree of affectedness; contrast ha-
he-komangdi: to dull something, to make it less sharp (contrast ha-komangdi: to blunt something, to make it blunt)

Marian Klamer, The Alor-Pantar languages: History and Typology (2014, →ISBN

he-

his/her/its; third person singular pronoun added to a noun to show its possessor

Only added to nouns of one syllable with a short vowel. In all other cases, nothing is added, but a third-person singular possessor is understood.

IPA^(key): /eː/, /ɛ/

he-

h-prothesized form of e-