hiya

intj
/ˈhaɪ(j)ə/

Etymology

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

Definitions

  1. An informal greeting, hi, hello.

    • Hiya, love, how's you?
  2. A kiai, shouted as a limb is swung in attack.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for hiya. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA