"haya" meaning in Swahili

See haya in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Audio: Sw-ke-haya.flac
Head templates: {{head|sw|adjective form}} haya
  1. Ma class inflected form of hii. Tags: class-5, class-6, form-of Form of: hii
    Sense id: en-haya-sw-adj-~tgdNaVf Categories (other): Swahili links with redundant alt parameters
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Interjection

Audio: Sw-ke-haya.flac
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic هَيَّا (hayyā). Etymology templates: {{bor+|sw|ar|هَيَّا}} Borrowed from Arabic هَيَّا (hayyā) Head templates: {{head|sw|interjection}} haya
  1. come on! now then! make haste!
    Sense id: en-haya-sw-intj-mll8O5Zm Categories (other): Pages with 15 entries, Pages with entries, Swahili entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 15 entries: 20 1 0 2 22 19 4 1 10 2 7 7 2 1 2 1 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 21 1 0 1 24 20 2 1 11 1 7 7 1 1 1 0 0 Disambiguation of Swahili entries with incorrect language header: 16 47 6 31
  2. okay, alright
    Sense id: en-haya-sw-intj-KolK7kKL
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Audio: Sw-ke-haya.flac Forms: haya class IX [canonical], haya class X [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic حَيَاء (ḥayāʔ). Etymology templates: {{bor+|sw|ar|حَيَاء}} Borrowed from Arabic حَيَاء (ḥayāʔ), {{root|sw|ar|ح ي و}} Head templates: {{sw-noun|n}} haya class IX (plural haya class X)
  1. shame, modesty, bashfulness
    Sense id: en-haya-sw-noun-x6RBgr6q
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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