éwé

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See also: ewe, Ewe, EWE, and -ewe

Betawi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sundanese ᮆᮝᮦ (éwé),

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /e.ˈwe/
  • Hyphenation: ngé‧wé

Verb

éwé

  1. (vulgar) to have sex
  2. (vulgar) to fuck

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /e.we/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

éwé m (uncountable)

  1. the Ewe language

Old Sundanese

Alternative forms

ᮆᮝᮦ (éwé)Sundanese script

Noun

éwé

  1. wife
    • c. 16th century, Carita Parahiyangan:
      Dianak ku waya, ja éwé ogé hanteu.
      How can I have a son, for I have not a wife?
  2. (extension) female person, woman, girl
    Synonym: éstri

Notes

  • Some dialects of Sundanese still retain the definition of the word "éwé" as "wife" or, to an extent, "female" or "girl". However, in most cases, the word has undergone a shift in meaning into a vulgarised definition meaning "to fuck" or "to have sex".

Descendants

  • > Sundanese: awéwé (inherited) ("woman, girl")
  • > Sundanese: éwé (inherited) ("to fuck, to have sex")
  • Betawi: éwé ("to fuck, to have sex")
  • Indonesian: ewe ("to fuck, to have sex")

Sundanese

Etymology

ᮆᮝᮦ (éwé)Sundanese script

Noun

éwé or ᮆᮝᮦ (éwé)

  1. (dialectal) wife
  2. (dialectal, by extension) female person, woman, girl

Verb

éwé or ᮆᮝᮦ (éwé)

  1. (rare, dialectal) to marry a woman[1]
    Coordinate terms: lakian, kawin
  2. (vulgar) to fuck; to have sex

Notes

  • Some dialects of Sundanese still retain the definition of the word "éwé" as "wife" or, to an extent, "female" or "girl". However, in most cases, the word has undergone a shift in meaning into a vulgarised definition meaning "to fuck" or "to have sex".

References

  1. ^ "Ewe" in 'Soendaneesch-Hollandsch Woordenboek', S. Coolsma, A.W. Sijthoff's Uitgeversmaatschappij, 2nd print (1913), page 166.