hiya

English

Etymology 1

Shortened from how are you?, with influence from hi. US, 1940s.[1]

Alternative forms

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈhaɪ(j)ə/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)
  • 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?

Etymology 2

Onomatopoeic.

Alternative forms

Interjection

hiya

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

References
  1. Eric Partridge (2005) “hiya”, in Tom Dalzell and Terry Victor, editors, The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, volumes 1 (A–I), London, New York, N.Y.: Routledge, →ISBN, page 1007.

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).[1] 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!

References
  1. Blust, Robert, Trussel, Stephen (2010–) “*Seyaq”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary

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
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