eva

See also: Eva, EVA, Éva, evä, -eva, êva, eva', and ẽvã

English

Adverb

eva (not comparable)

1. Pronunciation spelling of ever.

Anagrams

• ave., ave, AEV, Vea, Ave., EAV, VAE, 'ave, vae, Ave

Cornish

Verb

eva

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *ɨβɨd.

1. 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/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: eva

Noun

eva f (plural eva's, diminutive evaatje n)

1. (archaic) a half-apron

Ladin

Etymology

Inherited from Latin apis.

Noun

eva f (plural eves)

1. (Gherdëina, Fascian) bee

   N’eva me à picià.

   A bee stung me.

Alternative forms

• ê (Badiot)

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

• Homophone: æva

Noun

eva f (definite singular evaa, indefinite plural evaer, definite plural evaene)

1. a woman, particularly with very womanly traits

Etymology 2

From Old Norse efa, ifa.

Alternative forms

• eve (e-infinitive)

Pronunciation

• Homophone: æva

Verb

eva (present tense evar, past tense eva, past participle eva, passive infinitive evast, present participle evande, imperative eva/ev)

1. (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)

1. (pre-2012) alternative form of eve
2. definite singular of eve

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Alternative forms

• evi (non-standard since 2012)

Noun

eva n

1. definite plural of ev

Anagrams

• ave, Eva, vea

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 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 scripts

• 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 scripts

• 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 scripts

• 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

1. (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)‎^[1], 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

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛva/ (Turin)

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛvɐ/

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛwɐ/

Noun

eva f

1. water

Swedish

Etymology

From Eva (“Eve”).

Noun

eva c

1. (colloquial, dated) woman

Declension

Declension of eva

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	eva	evas
	definite	evan	evans
plural	indefinite	evor	evors
	definite	evorna	evornas

Further reading

• eva in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker

Anagrams

• ave