éwé

Borrowed from Sundanese ᮆᮝᮦ (éwé),

• IPA^(key): /e.ˈwe/
• Hyphenation: ngé‧wé

éwé

1. (vulgar) to have sex
2. (vulgar) to fuck

• IPA^(key): /e.we/

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éwé m (uncountable)

1. the Ewe language

ᮆᮝᮦ (éwé) — Sundanese script

éwé

1. 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?

2. (extension) female person, woman, girl

   Synonym: éstri

• Some dialects of Sundanese still retain the definition of the word "éwé" 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".

• > Sundanese: awéwé (inherited) ("woman, girl")
• > Sundanese: éwé (inherited) ("to fuck, to have sex")
• → Betawi: éwé ("to fuck, to have sex")
• → Indonesian: ewe ("to fuck, to have sex")