éwé
Betawi edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Sundanese ᮆᮝᮦ (éwé),
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
éwé
French edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
éwé m (uncountable)
- the Ewe language
Old Sundanese edit
Alternative forms edit
ᮆᮝᮦ (éwé) — Sundanese script
Noun edit
éwé
- 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?
- (extension) female person, woman, girl
Notes edit
- 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".