ewa

See also: Ewa, Èwá, ẹwa, 'ewa, and ʻEwa

'Are'are

Adjective

ewa

1. long

Verb

ewa

1. be tall

References

• Kateřina Naitoro, A Sketch Grammar of 'Are'are: The Sound System and Morpho-Syntax (2013)

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from the conversation-starting Moroccan Arabic اوا.

Pronunciation

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Interjection

ewa

1. (slang) an informal greeting, similar to yo
   • 2025 March 13, Majda Ouhajji, “Taalwetenschapper Khalid Mourigh over het veranderende Nederlands: ‘Mattie, fittie en doekoe bijvoorbeeld. Die staan zelfs in de Van Dale’ [Linguist Khalid Mourigh on changing Dutch: ‘Mattie, fittie, and doekoe, for example. These words are even included in the Van Dale dictionary’]”, in NRC Handelsblad‎^[1], retrieved 26 March 2025:

     Ik zat een tijd geleden in de metro in Amsterdam en hoorde ineens ‘ewa sahbi, ara die garo’ (‘hé, vriend, geef me die sigaret’). Bijna helemaal in het Marokkaans-Arabisch. En ik draai me om en ik zie allemaal witte jongens.

     I was on the Amsterdam underground some time ago and suddenly I heard “ewa sahbi, ara die garo” (“Hey, friend, give me that cigarette”). Almost entirely in Moroccan Arabic. And I turn around and all I see are white boys.

Javanese

Romanization

ewa

1. romanization of ꦲꦺꦮ

Ngazidja Comorian

Interjection

ewa

1. yes

References

• “ewa” in Outils & Ressources pour l'Exploitation de la Langue Comorienne, 2008.

Nupe

Ewa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ē.wā/

Noun

ewa (plural ewazhì)

1. snake

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *aiw, from Proto-Germanic *aiwaz, related to Old High German ēwa and Old Saxon ēo.

Noun

ēwa f

1. law

   Synonym: witut

2. eternity
3. ever (in negative sentences)

Declension

Declension of ēwa (feminine ō/ōn-stem noun)

case	singular	plural
nominative	ēwa	ēwa, ēwon
accusative	ēwa, ēwon	ēwa, ēwon
genitive	ēwon	ēwono
dative	ēwon	ēwon

Derived terms

• ēwig
• ēwisk
• ēwitha

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: êwe, êeu
  • Dutch: eeuw
    • Afrikaans: eeu
  • Limburgish: ieuw

References

• “ewa (I)”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012
• “ewa (II)”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old High German

Alternative forms

• ēuua, aeuua
• ēo, ēa

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *aiw, from Proto-Germanic *aiwaz, akin to Old English ǣ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈeː.wa/

Noun

ēwa f

1. law
2. eternity
3. marriage

Derived terms

• ēwasago
• ēwig

Descendants

• Middle High German: ēwe, ē
  • Alemannic German: Ee, E-e
  • German: (Ehe)

References

• Henry Frowde, An Old High German Primer