German

Noun

Heia f ‎(genitive Heia, no plural)

1. (childish) bed

Latin

Alternative forms

• ēia

Interjection

hēia!

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, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “heia”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.

Norwegian

Etymology

Cognates: Swedish - heja

Interjection

heia

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

Derived terms

• heie (verb)
• heia (noun)

Noun

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

1. A shout of "heia!"

Synonyms

• heiarop

Verb

heia

1. Past tense of heie.

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• heien

Noun

heia m, f

1. definite feminine singular of hei

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

heia f

1. definite singular of hei

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', [...]"