hoya

hoya meaning in Tamil

Forms of hoya

Plural of hoya: hoyas

Origin of hoya

From the genus name.

Derived from the code switched Greek and Latin phrasal chant "Hoya Saxa!" (meaning "What (great) Rocks!"), which gained popularity at the school in the late nineteenth century. Even though "Hoya Saxa!" is an example of code-switching, since the phrase includes only a Greek adjective and a Latin noun, said adjective must be viewed as modifying the noun, which noun then controls the phrase as pertains to grammatical number and gender. Saxa, the phrasal noun, is the nominative plural form of the Latin neuter noun saxum, "(a) stone/(a) rock", and so means "stones"/"rocks"". Hoya in the phrase is an English transliteration of the Greek determiner οἵα (hoîă), the neuter nominative plural form of οἷος (hoîos), which introduces exclamatory independent phrases and is translated into English as "what (great)...!" Because of the foregoing, we can discern that the phrase "Hoya Saxa!" in its entirety means "What (great) rocks!" The chant was initially used in support of the college athletic teams, assumedly meaning something along the lines of "Look how hard and tough our (athletic) fellows are!" The name "Hoyas" came into use in the 1920s as a term decontextualized from the phrasal chant and...

Phrases with hoya

• De La Hoya

Questions about hoya

What does hoya mean?

Hoya means any plant of the genus Hoya.

What is hoya in Tamil?

Hoya in Tamil is படரும் பல்வண்ண மலர்ச்செடி வகை. See Hoya meaning in Tamil.

What part of speech is hoya?

Hoya is a noun.

What is the plural of hoya?

The plural of hoya is hoyas.