# eva
## English
### Adverb

eva (not comparable)
* Pronunciation spelling of ever.

### Anagrams

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

## Cornish
### Verb

eva
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

#### Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *ɨβɨd.
* 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: /ˈeː.vaː/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: eva

### Noun

eva f (plural eva's, diminutive evaatje n)
* (archaic) a half-apron

## Ladin
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin apis.

### Noun

eva f (plural eves)
* (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)
* 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)
* (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)
* (pre-2012) alternative form of eve
* definite singular of eve

### Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Alternative forms

* evi (non-standard since 2012)

#### Noun

eva n
* definite plural of ev

### References

* 1 2 “eva” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

### Anagrams

* ave, Eva, vea

## Pali
### Alternative forms

* 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)
* 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)
* 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)
* 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
* (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.

#### 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: /ˈɛva/ (Turin)
* IPA: /ˈɛvɐ/
* IPA: /ˈɛwɐ/

### Noun

eva f
* water

## Swedish
### Etymology

From Eva (“Eve”).

### Noun

eva c
* (colloquial, dated) woman

#### Declension

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

### Further reading

* eva in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker

### Anagrams

* ave