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Is hiya a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word hiya is a Scrabble US word. The word hiya is worth 10 points in Scrabble:

H4I1Y4A1

Is hiya a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word hiya is a Scrabble UK word and has 10 points:

H4I1Y4A1

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4-letter words (1 found)

HIYA,

3-letter words (3 found)

AHI,HAY,YAH,

2-letter words (6 found)

AH,AI,AY,HA,HI,YA,

You can make 10 words from hiya according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of hiya

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

Interjection

hiya

  1. An informal greeting, hi, hello.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:hello
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.

References

Cebuano

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: hi‧ya

Interjection

hiya

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

Japanese

Romanization

hiya

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ひや

Sambali

Pronoun

hiyá

  1. he; she; it

Tagalog

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /hiˈaʔ/ [ˈhjaʔ]
  • Rhymes: -aʔ
  • Syllabification: hi‧ya

Noun

hiyâ (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜒᜌ)

  1. shame; feeling of embarrassment
    Synonym: (obsolete) bikalot
  2. act of shaming someone
  3. shyness; timidity
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Compare Cebuano hiya and English hiya / hi-yah.

Alternative forms

  • hi-ya

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /hiˈa/ [ˈhja]
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Syllabification: hi‧ya

Interjection

hiyá (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜒᜌ)

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

References

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

Yanomam

Noun

hiya (unclassified holonym; singulative hiya a, dual hiya kipë, plural hiya pë)

  1. boy

References

  • Perri Ferreira, Helder (2017) Yanomama Clause Structure‎[1], volume 1, Utrecht: LOT, →ISBN, page 115

Source: wiktionary.org