hyar

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English

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Adverb

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hyar (not comparable)

  1. (dialectal) here
    • 1875, Sidney Lanier, The Power of Prayer:
      Who CALL me? Listen down de ribber, Dinah! Don’t you hyar
      Somebody holl’in’ “Hoo, Jim, hoo?” My Sarah died las’ y’ar;
      IS dat black angel done come back to call ole Jim f’om hyar?

Verb

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hyar

  1. (dialectal) hear
    • 1875, Sidney Lanier, The Power of Prayer:
      Who CALL me? Listen down de ribber, Dinah! Don’t you hyar
      Somebody holl’in’ “Hoo, Jim, hoo?” My Sarah died las’ y’ar;
      IS dat black angel done come back to call ole Jim f’om hyar?

Nigerian Pidgin

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Etymology 1

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From English hair.

Noun

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hyar

  1. hair

Etymology 2

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From English hear.

Verb

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hyar

  1. hear