éwé
Betawi
Etymology
Borrowed from Sundanese éwé.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ewe/, [e.ˈwe]
- Hyphenation: ngé‧wé
Verb
éwé
- (vulgar) to fuck; to have sex
Derived terms
- diéwé
- ngéwé
References
French
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /e.we/
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Noun
éwé m (uncountable)
- the Ewe language
Old Sundanese
Alternative forms
- ᮆᮝᮦ (éwé) — Sundanese script
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *wai, from Proto-Austronesian *bahi.
Noun
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?
- c. 1518, Sanghyang Siksakandang Karesian:
- […] Anak bakti di bapa, éwé bakti di laki. hulun bakti di pacandaan, sisya bakti di guru, wang tani bakti di wado […]
- Children submit to their fathers; wives submit to their husbands; servants submit to their masters; students submit to their teachers; farmers submit to their wado […]
- (by extension) female person, woman, girl
- Synonym: éstri
Descendants
- > Sundanese: awéwé (“woman, girl”) (inherited)
- > Sundanese: éwé (“to fuck, to have sex”) (inherited)
Sundanese
Etymology
From Old Sundanese éwé.
Noun
éwé (Sundanese script ᮆᮝᮦ)
Verb
éwé (Sundanese script ᮆᮝᮦ, active ngéwé, passive diéwé)
Usage notes
- Some dialects of Sundanese (notably Banten Sundanese) still retain the definition of the word 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".
Descendants
References
- ^ "Ewe" in 'Soendaneesch-Hollandsch Woordenboek', S. Coolsma, A.W. Sijthoff's Uitgeversmaatschappij, 2nd print (1913), page 166.