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The word 'hiya'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
hiyaOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus12.34011
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 6.5 2 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 10.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central 46.4 1 1
SEC - (South) East Central 7.6 3 1
WCE - West Central 87.4 19 2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 9.1 2 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 14.6 11 3
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of hiya in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
"Hiya," said Joyce, pullin er t-shi on page 44

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
"Hiya, Morrice!" on page 12

1 matches

Aberdeen

Strachan, Shane DWAMS, (Tapsalteerie 2024 ISBN: 978-1916214880) Doric, poetry
sage received 11th July 2008. Hiya sexy... on page 17

1 matches

North East Central

Heather, Alistair Tak tent o the Cabrach, (The Herald 2018) Central, newspaper
“Hiya Jake,” says I, finally oot
1 matches

(South) East Central

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
"Hiya, Mary." Hughie gave her a pec on page 38
s wi a filled washin basket. "Hiya, Hughie. Gie's a hand, will y on page 44
rway. "Hye, Hughie. C'mere!" "Hiya. Whit's up?" He followed Joey on page 45

3 matches

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
"Hiya, Daddy,' she said doucely. 'D on page 33
n. Suddenly the parrot said, 'Hiya, hiya, hiya.' It wis exactly on page 37
dinin-room across the lobby. 'Hiya, hiya, hiya!' it said. on page 39
'Hiya, hiya, hiya!' cried the voice again. on page 40

18 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
, she shoutet doon the phone. Hiya Merry Crimbo tae you too. So on page 42

1 matches

Glasgow

Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
Frances and he tried tae say hiya. Ah ignored him. Jist flat oo on page 12
'Hiya, Daisy, dear, she says. Ahm s on page 22

2 matches

General Central

Fitt, Matthew Roald Dahl Reekin Rhymes, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785301834) Central, weans
Said, 'Hiya hen, are you aw richt?' on page 6
'Hiya, Wolf said. 'It's ainly me.' on page 36
'Hiya, Pig. Hope ye're feelin braw. on page 46

3 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
"Hiya! Guid mornin! Fit like, quine on page 133
am oot o the television set. 'Hiya, Maw!' it said. 'Hiya, Da! Ho on page 152

3 matches

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
a quick hiya boys tae the smithie an the m on page 79

1 matches

@billykayscot tweeted
Hiya. We cried it a scatter an it (2020)

@LairnScots tweeted
smithycroft282 @scotslanguage Hiya @_Erinboyle_! We'd be awfu gl (2021) twitter link
@scotslanguage @billykayscot Hiya Michelle! Email info@scotslan (2019) twitter link
las @LAEL_LU @LinguisticsGuru Hiya John - jist tae clarify, are (2019) twitter link

South West (Galloway)

@StuartPoet tweeted
@scotsradiomedia Hiya folks, soondin guid. Ken Ah'v(2020)