See also: jevâ
Contents
- 1 Old Frisian
- 1.1 Etymology
- 1.2 Verb
- 1.2.1 Inflection
- 1.2.2 Descendants
- 1.3 References
- 2 Slovene
- 2.1 Verb
- 3 Spanish
- 3.1 Etymology
- 3.2 Pronunciation
- 3.3 Noun
Old Frisian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Germanic *gebaną.
Verb[edit]
jeva[1][2][3][4][5]
- to give
Inflection[edit]
Conjugation of jeva (strong class 5)
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ von Richthofen, Karl (1840), “ieva, geva, iova, ian, ia”, in Altfriesisches Wörterbuch [Old Frisian Dictionary] (in German), Dieterich Göttingen, page847
- ^ Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009), “ieva, jowa”, in An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN, page201
- ^ Boutkan, Dirk; Siebinga, Sjoerd (2005), “jeva”, in Old Frisian Etymological Dictionary (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 1), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page204-205
- ^ Cummins, Adley H. (1887), “jeva”, in A Grammar of the Old Friesic Language, London: Trübner & Co., page117
- ^ Hofmann, Dietrich; Tjerk Popkema, Anne; co-op. Gisela Hofmann (2008), “jeva, jewa, jowa, jouwaᵂᴸ, jāᵂᴸ, jānᵂᴸ, hjānᵂᴸ, gevaᵂᴸ”, in Altfriesisches Handwörterbuch [Old Frisian Concise Dictionary] (in German), Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter GmbH Heidelberg, →ISBN
Slovene[edit]
Verb[edit]
jeva
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Uncertain. Probably via Dutch Creole jɛrma, ultimately from an Ijoid source.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
jevaf (plural jevas)
- (slang, vulgar, Cuba) young, attractive woman
- (informal, Venezuela, Puerto Rico, Lesser Antilles) girlfriend, attractive female friend
- (slang, derogatory, Venezuela) a gay man, a male hom*osexual
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