"howaya" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_text": "From how are you.",
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "intj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "American English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2002, Bill Cullen, It's a Long Way from Penny Apples, page 275:",
          "text": "'Howaya, Da. I brought ya this leather jacket from Canada.'",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2010, Colette Caddle, The Secrets We Keep, page 361:",
          "text": "'Howaya,' she said in her gruffest voice as she passed by. They nodded at her and carried on talking.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A greeting."
      ],
      "id": "en-howaya-en-intj-wMikTRDM",
      "links": [
        [
          "greeting",
          "greeting"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(US, colloquial) A greeting."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "colloquial"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "howaya"
}

{
  "etymology_text": "From how are you.",
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "intj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "American English",
        "English colloquialisms",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English interjections",
        "English lemmas",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2002, Bill Cullen, It's a Long Way from Penny Apples, page 275:",
          "text": "'Howaya, Da. I brought ya this leather jacket from Canada.'",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2010, Colette Caddle, The Secrets We Keep, page 361:",
          "text": "'Howaya,' she said in her gruffest voice as she passed by. They nodded at her and carried on talking.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A greeting."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "greeting",
          "greeting"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(US, colloquial) A greeting."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "colloquial"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "howaya"
}