jeva

See also: jevâ

Old Frisian

^ von Richthofen, Karl (1840) “ieva, geva, iova, ian, ia”, in Altfriesisches Wörterbuch [Old Frisian Dictionary] (in German), Dieterich Göttingen, page 847
^ Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) “ieva, jowa”, in An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 201
^ Boutkan, Dirk, Siebinga, Sjoerd (2005) “jeva”, in Old Frisian Etymological Dictionary (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 1), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 204-205
^ Cummins, Adley H. (1887) “jeva”, in A Grammar of the Old Friesic Language, London: Trübner & Co., page 117
^ Hofmann, Dietrich, Tjerk Popkema, Anne with co-op. Gisela Hofmann (2008) “jeva, jewa, jowa, jouwaᵂᴸ, jāᵂᴸ, jānᵂᴸ, hjānᵂᴸ, gevaᵂᴸ”, in Altfriesisches Handwörterbuch [Old Frisian Concise Dictionary]‎^[1] (in German), Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter GmbH Heidelberg, →ISBN

jeva

Uncertain. Probably via Dutch Creole jɛrma, ultimately from an Ijoid source.

jeva f (plural jevas)

(slang, vulgar, Cuba) very attractive woman
(informal, Venezuela, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Lesser Antilles) gorgeous woman.
mi heva
my gorgeous girlfriend/gal
(slang, derogatory, Venezuela) a gay man, a male homosexual