hiya

English

Etymology 1

Shortened from how are you?, with influence from hi. US, 1940s.

Alternative forms

• hi-ya, hia, hiyah, heya

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhaɪ(j)ə/

• Audio (Southern England)

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• Rhymes: -aɪə, -aɪjə
• Homophone: higher (in some non-rhotic accents)

Interjection

hiya

1. An informal greeting, hi, hello.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:hello

   Hiya, love, how's you?

Related terms

• hiya doin'

Etymology 2

Onomatopoeic.

Alternative forms

• hi-ya
• hiyah
• hi-yah
• haiya

Interjection

hiya

1. (martial arts) A kiai, shouted as a limb is swung in attack.

Cebuano

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: hi‧ya

Interjection

hiya

1. giddyup
2. (martial arts) A kiai, shouted as a limb is swung in attack.

Sambali

Pronoun

hiyá

1. he; she; it

Tagalog

Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *həyaq (c.f. Aklanon huya', Hiligaynon huya), from Proto-Austronesian *Səyaq (c.f. Paiwan siaq). Unrelated to Arabic حَيَاء (ḥayāʔ, “shame”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hiˈaʔ/, [hɪˈaʔ]
• Hyphenation: hi‧ya

Noun

hiyâ (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜒᜌ)

1. shame; feeling of embarrassment

   Sa taong may hiya, salita’y panunumpa.

   To a person that knows shame, a word is a vow.

2. act of shaming someone
3. shyness; timidity

Derived terms

• dalang-hiya
• hiyain
• hiyang-hiya
• humiya
• ikahiya
• ipagmakahiya
• kahihiyan
• kahiya-hiya
• kahiyaan
• kawalang-hiyaan
• magbigay-hiya
• magkahiya
• magkahiyaan
• mahihiyain
• mahiya
• mahiyain
• makahiya
• manghiya
• mapahiya
• mawalan ng hiya
• nakakahiya
• nakakahiya
• pagbigyang-hiya
• paghiya
• pagkahiya
• pagkamahihiyain
• pagkamahiyain
• pagkapahiya
• panghihiya
• walang-hiya
• walang-hiyain
• walang-kahiya-hiya

 

Etymology 2

Compare Cebuano hiya and English hiya/hi-yah.

Alternative forms

• hi-ya

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hiˈa/, [hɪˈa]
• Hyphenation: hi‧ya

Interjection

hiyá (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜒᜌ)

1. used to get a horse or work animal to go faster: giddyup!

Further reading

• “hiya”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

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