ʻEwa
Hawaiian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʔe.va/, [ˈʔɛʋə]
Etymology 2
ʻewa (“crooked, unjust”)
Proper noun
ʻEwa
- A locality west of Pearl Harbor, used as a direction in Honolulu.
- ʻAʻole au i hele ma ʻEwa — I did not go in the direction of ʻEwa.
References
- Ka Baibala Hemolele
- Mary Kawena Pukui - Samuel H. Elbert, Hawaiian Dictionary, University of Hawaii Press 1986, page 42
- Hawaii State Archives: Marriage records Ewa (in the old orthography) occurs in 19th-century marriage records as the only name (mononym) of 6 women and 2 men.
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