Where does “hiya” come from?

hiya (Tagalog) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian həyaq, from Proto-Austronesian *Səyaq.

hiya (Tagalog): shame; a painful feeling of having done something...

Definitions

  1. shame; a painful feeling of having done something...

Ancestry of “hiya”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesianhəyaq—
2Proto-Austronesian*Səyaq—

Words derived from “hiya”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian *Səyaq →