ẹwa

See also: ewa, Ewa, and ʻEwa

Yoruba

Etymology 1
Yoruba numbers (edit)
100
[a], [b] ←  1  ←  9 10 11  →  20  → 
1[a], [b]
    Cardinal: ẹ̀wá
    Counting: ẹẹ́wàá
    Adjectival: mẹ́wàá
    Ordinal: kẹwàá
    Adverbial: ẹ̀ẹ̀mẹwàá
    Distributive: mẹ́wàá mẹ́wàá
    Collective: mẹ́wẹ̀ẹ̀wàá
    Fractional: ìdámẹ́wàá

Proposed to have derived from Proto-Yoruboid *ɛ̀-gwá. Cognates include Igala ẹ̀gwá and Itsekiri mẹ̀gwá

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɛ̀.wá/

Numeral

ẹ̀wá

  1. ten

Etymology 2

Proposed to have derived from Proto-Yoruboid *ɛ̀-gwà. Possible cognates include Igala ẹ̀gwà and Igbo àgwà.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɛ̀.wà/

Noun

ẹ̀wà

  1. The bean plant, usually referring to several members of the family Fabaceae and often specifically the cowpea plant
    Synonyms: ẹ̀wà dúdú, ẹ̀wà-ẹrẹwẹ, ẹ̀wà-funfun, erèé
  2. A general name for beans, peas, and legumes, often specifically referring to the black-eyed pea
    Synonyms: pẹkulẹ, erèé
  3. cooked beans
Derived terms
  • ẹwẹ (“a type of species of beans”)

Etymology 3

From ẹ- +‎ wà, perhaps related to ìwà

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɛ̄.wà/

Noun

ẹwà

  1. beauty, attraction
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