heia

See also: Heia

Latin

Alternative forms

• eia

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈhei̯.a/, [ˈhɛi̯ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈei̯.a/, [ˈɛi̯ä]

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

• heiarop

Etymology 2

Noun

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

1. A shout of "heia!"

Synonyms

• heiarop

Etymology 3

Alternative forms

• heien

Noun

heia m or f

1. definite feminine singular of hei

Etymology 4

Alternative forms

• heiet

Verb

heia

1. simple past and past participle of heie

References

• “heia” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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

• heiarop

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

• “heia” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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