hiya

English

Etymology 1

Shortened from how are you?, with influence from hi.

Alternative forms
  • hi-ya
  • hia
  • hiyah

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈhaɪ(j)ə/
  • Rhymes: -aɪə, -aɪjə
  • Homophone: higher (in some non-rhotic accents)

Interjection

hiya

  1. An informal greeting, hi, hello.
    Hiya, love, how's you?
Synonyms

Etymology 2

Onomatopoeic.

Alternative forms
  • hiyah
  • haiyah
  • haiya

Interjection

hiya

  1. (martial arts) Said as a limb is swung.

Cebuano

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: hi‧ya

Interjection

hiya

  1. giddyup
  2. the shout accompanying an attack; kiai

Tagalog

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *Seyaq[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /hijaʔ/

Noun

hiya

  1. shame; a painful feeling of having done something wrong, improper, or silly.
  2. disgrace; anything that causes shame
  3. humiliation
  4. embarassment
  5. dishonor, ignominy
  6. reproach; a cause of blame of disgrace.

Derived terms

References
  1. Blust's Austronesian Comparative Dictionary: *Seyaq

Waray-Waray

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /hja/

Pronoun

hiya (third person personal pronoun, objective and nominative case, common gender)

  1. him
  2. her
  3. he
  4. she
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