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jeva

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See also:jevâ

Old Frisian

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Etymology

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FromProto-Germanic*gebaną.

Verb

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jeva[1][2][3][4][5]

  1. togive

Conjugation

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Descendants

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  • North Frisian:jiw
    Föhr-Amrum:jiiw
    Mooring:jeewe
  • West Frisian:jaan

References

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  1. ^von Richthofen, Karl(1840) “ieva, geva, iova, ian, ia”, inAltfriesisches Wörterbuch[Old Frisian Dictionary] (in German), Dieterich Göttingen,page847
  2. ^Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) “ieva, jowa”, inAn Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary,Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company,→ISBN,page201
  3. ^Boutkan, Dirk, Siebinga, Sjoerd (2005) “jeva”,inOld Frisian Etymological Dictionary(Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 1), Leiden: Brill,→ISBN,pages204-205
  4. ^Cummins, Adley H. (1887) “jeva”, inA Grammar of the Old Friesic Language,London: Trübner & Co.,page117
  5. ^Hofmann, Dietrich, Tjerk Popkema, Anne with co-op. Gisela Hofmann (2008) “jeva, jewa, jowa, jouwaᵂᴸ, jāᵂᴸ, jānᵂᴸ, hjānᵂᴸ, gevaᵂᴸ”, inAltfriesisches Handwörterbuch[Old Frisian Concise Dictionary]‎[1](in German), Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter GmbH Heidelberg,→ISBN

Slovene

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Verb

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jeva

  1. first-persondualpresentofjesti

Spanish

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Etymology

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Uncertain. Probably via Dutch Creolejɛrma,ultimately from anIjoidsource.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key):/ˈxeba/[ˈxe.β̞a]
  • Rhymes:-eba
  • Syllabification:je‧va

Noun

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jevaf(pluraljevas)

  1. (slang,vulgar,Cuba)very attractivewoman
  2. (informal,Venezuela,Puerto Rico,Dominican Republic,Lesser Antilles)gorgeous woman.
    miheva
    mygorgeous girlfriend/gal
  3. (slang,derogatory,Venezuela)agayman, a malehomosexual