eva

eva (not comparable)

1. Pronunciation spelling of ever.

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

eva

1. to drink

From Eva (“Eve”), referring to the fig leaves the postlapsarian Eve wore to cover her vulva in the Biblical story.

• IPA^(key): /ˈeː.vaː/

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• Hyphenation: eva

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

1. (archaic) A half-apron.

Inherited from Latin apis.

eva f (plural eves)

1. (Gherdëina, Fascian) bee

   N’eva me à picià.

   A bee stung me.

• ê (Badiot)

From Eva (“Eve”), of the biblical creation story.[1] The name comes from Latin Eva, from Ancient Greek Εὔα (Eúa), from Biblical Hebrew חַוָּה (ḥawwā).

• Homophone: æva

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

1. a woman, particularly with very womanly traits

From Old Norse efa, ifa.[1]

• eve (e-infinitive)

• Homophone: æva

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

• This is a split infinitive verb.

Related to eva (Etymology 2) and ev.

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

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• evi (non-standard since 2012)

eva n

1. definite plural of ev

• ave, Eva, vea

Inherited from Sanskrit एव (eva). Doublet of evaṃ.

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)‎, 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.

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.

From Latin aqua. Compare French eau, Romansch ava, ova.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛva/ (Turin)

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛvɐ/

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛwɐ/

eva f

1. water