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
- shame; a painful feeling of having done something...
Ancestry of “hiya”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | həyaq | — |
| 2 | Proto-Austronesian | *Səyaq | — |
Words derived from “hiya”