"howja" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_text": "\"How d'you\" /ˈhaʊdju/ becomes /ˈhaʊdʒə/ (\"howja\") by yod-coalescence (whereby /j/ assimilates to /ʒ/) and reduction of the unstressed /u/ (which becomes /ə/).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "contraction",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "howja",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "howja",
      "name": "en-cont"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "contraction",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "how d'you"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English pronunciation spellings",
          "parents": [
            "Pronunciation spellings",
            "Terms by orthographic property",
            "Terms by lexical property"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1920 June 19, P. G. Wodehouse, The Little Warrior, part IX, in Collier's, page 14",
          "text": "“Selby.” ¶ “Howja spell it?” ¶ “S-e-l-b-y.”"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1972, Ian Whitcomb, After the Ball, 2nd Limelight Edition (1994), pages 112–113",
          "text": "‘Howja do! Howja do! Howja do! Hellooooo everybardy!…’"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2010, Charisse Goodman, The Starved Senses, Dog Ear Publishing,, page 257",
          "text": "“Howja do that?” she mumbled thickly. “Howja make firecrackers sound just like guns indoors?” Boy, they sure got some smart guys there, she thought.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Pronunciation spelling of how d'you."
      ],
      "id": "en-howja-en-contraction-HlE~NAPs",
      "links": [
        [
          "Pronunciation spelling",
          "pronunciation spelling"
        ],
        [
          "how",
          "how#English"
        ],
        [
          "d'you",
          "d'you#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "contraction",
        "pronunciation-spelling"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈhaʊd͡ʒə/"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "houʹjə"
    }
  ],
  "word": "howja"
}

{
  "etymology_text": "\"How d'you\" /ˈhaʊdju/ becomes /ˈhaʊdʒə/ (\"howja\") by yod-coalescence (whereby /j/ assimilates to /ʒ/) and reduction of the unstressed /u/ (which becomes /ə/).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "contraction",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "howja",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "howja",
      "name": "en-cont"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "contraction",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "how d'you"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English 2-syllable words",
        "English contractions",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English non-lemma forms",
        "English pronunciation spellings",
        "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1920 June 19, P. G. Wodehouse, The Little Warrior, part IX, in Collier's, page 14",
          "text": "“Selby.” ¶ “Howja spell it?” ¶ “S-e-l-b-y.”"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1972, Ian Whitcomb, After the Ball, 2nd Limelight Edition (1994), pages 112–113",
          "text": "‘Howja do! Howja do! Howja do! Hellooooo everybardy!…’"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2010, Charisse Goodman, The Starved Senses, Dog Ear Publishing,, page 257",
          "text": "“Howja do that?” she mumbled thickly. “Howja make firecrackers sound just like guns indoors?” Boy, they sure got some smart guys there, she thought.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Pronunciation spelling of how d'you."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Pronunciation spelling",
          "pronunciation spelling"
        ],
        [
          "how",
          "how#English"
        ],
        [
          "d'you",
          "d'you#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "contraction",
        "pronunciation-spelling"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈhaʊd͡ʒə/"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "houʹjə"
    }
  ],
  "word": "howja"
}