"haiya" meaning in English

See haiya in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Interjection

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-haiya.wav [US]
Etymology: From Hokkien 害矣 (hāi--ah). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|nan-hbl|害矣|tr=hāi--ah}} Hokkien 害矣 (hāi--ah) Head templates: {{en-interjection}} haiya
  1. (chiefly Malaysia) An exclamation used when a bad event has occurred. Tags: Malaysia Synonyms: hiya, haiyaa
    Sense id: en-haiya-en-intj-3t9NZSRj Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Malaysian English

Download JSON data for haiya meaning in English (1.4kB)

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