heia

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Latin

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Interjection

heia

  1. aha! come now! come on! (expressing delight, playful remonstrance, encouragement)
  2. you don't say?

References

  • “heia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “heia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • heia in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • heia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

Compare with Swedish heja

Interjection

heia

  1. Encouraging shout used in competitions to spur the athletes on.
    • "Heia! heia! heia!"
    • "Heia Norge!"
      • "Go Norway!"
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Noun

heia n (definite singular heiaet, indefinite plural heiaer, definite plural heiaene)

  1. A shout of "heia!"
Synonyms

Etymology 3

Alternative forms

Noun

heia m or f

  1. definite feminine singular of hei

Etymology 4

Alternative forms

Verb

heia

  1. simple past and past participle of heie

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Compare with Swedish heja

Interjection

heia

  1. Encouraging shout used in competitions to spur the athletes on.
    • "Heia! heia! heia!"
    • "Heia Norge!"
      • "Go Norway!"
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Noun

heia f

  1. definite singular of hei

Etymology 3

From hei or heia (“hello”).

Verb

heia (present tense heiar, past tense heia, past participle heia, passive infinitive heiast, present participle heiande, imperative heia/hei)

  1. (intransitive) to cheer, give support
  2. (intransitive) to shout "hei"

Etymology 4

From hei (“clear air”).

Verb

heia (present tense heiar, past tense heia, past participle heia, passive infinitive heiast, present participle heiande, imperative heia/hei)

  1. (intransitive, weather) to clear up

References

Shebayo

Noun

heia

  1. father

References

  • Douglas MacRae Taylor, Languages of the West Indies (1977), page 15: "The Shebayo list, taken from De Laet's Novus Orbis, is heia (heja) 'pater', hamma 'mater', "
  • de Laet, Johannes (1633) Novus orbis seu descriptionis Indiæ occidentalis, Libri XVIII, page 642
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