ʻEwa

See also: ewa and Ewa

Hawaiian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʔe.wa/, [ˈʔɛ.ʋə]

Etymology 1

Ultimately from Hebrew חַוָּה (khava) .

Proper noun

1. Eve (wife of Adam)
2. a female given name originating from the Bible.

Etymology 2

ʻewa (“crooked, unjust”)

Proper noun

1. A locality west of Pearl Harbor, used as a direction in Honolulu.

   ʻAʻole au i hele ma ʻEwa — I did not go in the direction of ʻEwa.

References

• Ka Baibala Hemolele
• Mary Kawena Pukui - Samuel H. Elbert, Hawaiian Dictionary, University of Hawaii Press 1986, page 42
• Hawaii State Archives: Marriage records Ewa (in the old orthography) occurs in 19th-century marriage records as the only name (mononym) of 6 women and 2 men.