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English
Adverb
eva (not comparable)
- Pronunciation spelling of ever.
Anagrams
Cornish
Verb
eva
- to drink
Dutch
Etymology
From Eva (“Eve”), referring to the fig leaves the postlapsarian Eve wore to cover her vulva in the Biblical story.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈeː.vaː/
- Hyphenation: eva
Noun
eva f (plural eva's, diminutive evaatje n)
- (archaic) A half-apron.
Ladin
Etymology
From Medieval Latin avis (“bee”), from Latin ape(m), accusative of Latin apis (“bee”). Cognate with Romagnol êva, Venetian ava, Friulian âf as well as Italian ape.
Noun
eva f (plural eves)
- (Gherdëina, Fascian) bee
N’eva me à picià.- A bee stung me.
Alternative forms
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
From Eva (“Eve”), of the biblical creation story. The name comes from Latin Eva, from Ancient Greek Εὔα (Eúa), from Biblical Hebrew חַוָּה (ḥawwā).
Pronunciation
Noun
eva f (definite singular evaa, indefinite plural evaer, definite plural evaene)
- a woman, particularly with very womanly traits
Etymology 2
From Old Norse efa, ifa.
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Verb
eva (present tense evar, past tense eva, past participle eva, passive infinitive evast, present participle evande, imperative eva/ev)
- (reflexive) to doubt, drag one's feet
Usage notes
- This is a split infinitive verb.
Etymology 3
Related to eva (Etymology 2) and ev.
Noun
eva f (definite singular eva, indefinite plural ever or evor, definite plural evene or evone)
- (pre-2012) alternative form of eve
- definite singular of eve
Etymology 4
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Alternative forms
Noun
eva n
- definite plural of ev
References
Anagrams
Pali
Alternative forms
Alternative forms
- 𑀏𑀯 (Brahmi script)
- एव (Devanagari script)
- এৰ (Bengali script)
- එව (Sinhalese script)
- ဧဝ or ဨဝ or ဢေဝ (Burmese script)
- เอว or เอวะ (Thai script)
- ᩑᩅ (Tai Tham script)
- ເອວ or ເອວະ (Lao script)
- ឯវ (Khmer script)
- 𑄃𑄬𑅇 (Chakma script)
Alternative forms
- va (Latin script)
- 𑀯 (Brahmi script)
- व (Devanagari script)
- ৰ (Bengali script)
- ව (Sinhalese script)
- ဝ (Burmese script)
- ว or วะ (Thai script)
- ᩅ (Tai Tham script)
- ວ or ວະ (Lao script)
- វ (Khmer script)
- 𑅇 (Chakma script)
Alternative forms
- yeva (Latin script)
- 𑀬𑁂𑀯 (Brahmi script)
- येव (Devanagari script)
- যেৰ (Bengali script)
- යෙව (Sinhalese script)
- ယေဝ (Burmese script)
- เยว or เยวะ (Thai script)
- ᨿᩮᩅ (Tai Tham script)
- ເຍວ or ເຍວະ or ເຢວະ (Lao script)
- យេវ (Khmer script)
- 𑄠𑄬𑅇 (Chakma script)
Alternative forms
- ñeva (Latin script)
- 𑀜𑁂𑀯 (Brahmi script)
- ञेव (Devanagari script)
- ঞেৰ (Bengali script)
- ඤෙව (Sinhalese script)
- ဉေဝ or ၺေဝ (Burmese script)
- เญว or เญวะ (Thai script)
- ᨬᩮᩅ (Tai Tham script)
- ເຎວ or ເຎວະ (Lao script)
- ញេវ (Khmer script)
- 𑄐𑄬𑅇 (Chakma script)
Etymology
Inherited from Sanskrit एव (eva). Doublet of evaṃ.
Particle
eva
- (emphatic) so, even, just
c. 50 BC, Petavatthu; republished in Prof. Minayeff, Petavatthu, London: Pali Text Society, 1888, page 6:7. Tassā dvemāsiko gabbho lohitañ ñeva pagghari
tad'assā mātā kupitā mayhaṃ ñātī samānayi.- 7. When her unborn child was two months old, just blood flowed forth. Then her angry mother brought her kin to me.
2006, The Fourth Book in the Suttanta-Pitaka: Majjhimanikāya (I), page 192:සෙය්යථාපි නාම ජරසාලාය ගොපානසියො ඔලුග්ගවිලුග්ගා භවන්ති, එවමෙවස්සු මෙ ඵාසුළියො ඔලුග්ගවිලුග්ගා භවන්ති තායෙවප්පාහාරතාය.- Seyyathāpi nāma jarasālāya gopānasiyo oluggaviluggā bhavanti, evamevassu me phāsuḷiyo oluggaviluggā bhavanti tāyevappāhāratāya.
- Truly, just as in a decrepit outhouse the rafters are crumbling, my ribs were just that way, they were crumbling from just this fasting.
Usage notes
Follows the word it emphasises. Sandhi often occurs:
- After 'i', 'e' and 'ṃ', it often becomes yeva.
- After 'ṃ', it can further assimilate to become ñeva.
- After long vowels, its initial vowel can drop, yielding va.
Piedmontese
Etymology
From Latin aqua. Compare French eau, Romansch ava, ova.
Pronunciation
Noun
eva f
- water