different between hullo vs hiya

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /h??l??/, /h??l??/

Interjection

hullo

1. (Britain, New Zealand) Alternative form of hello (Greeting.)
2. (Britain, dated, New Zealand) Alternative form of hello (expressing puzzlement or discovery)
   • 1939, Country Life (volume 85, page 290)

     "Hullo, there's a monkey's wedding," said my wife's niece, a girl of about twenty, born in South Africa […] She was looking out on the lawn, and it was one of those lovely April mornings with sunshine and rain alternating […]

Noun

hullo (plural hullos or hulloes)

1. (Britain) Alternative form of hello

Verb

hullo (third-person singular simple present hullos, present participle hulloing, simple past and past participle hulloed)

1. (Britain) Alternative form of hello

Lule Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *ull?, from Proto-Germanic *wull?.

Noun

hul?lo

1. wool

Inflection

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino; Ruppel, Klaas; Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002-2008) Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages?^[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

English

Etymology 1

Shortened from how are you?, with influence from hi.

Alternative forms

• hi-ya, hia, hiyah, heya

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ha?(j)?/
• Rhymes: -a??, -a?j?
• Homophone: higher (in some non-rhotic accents)

Interjection

hiya

1. An informal greeting, hi, hello.

   Hiya, love, how's you?

Synonyms

• hello
• hey
• hi
• howdy
• hullo
• wassup
• heya
• sup
• See also Thesaurus:hello

Etymology 2

Onomatopoeic.

Alternative forms

• hi-ya
• hiyah
• hi-yah
• haiyah
• 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

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *h?yaq, from Proto-Austronesian *S?yaq.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: hi?yâ
• IPA^(key): /hi?ja?/, [h??a?]

Noun

hiya

1. shame; a painful feeling of having done something wrong, improper, or silly.
2. disgrace; anything that causes shame
3. humiliation
4. embarassment
5. dishonor, ignominy
6. reproach; a cause of blame of disgrace.

Derived terms

• mahiya
• kahihiyan
• mahiyain
• walang hiya

References

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