ʻEwa

== Hawaiian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈʔe.wa/, [ˈʔɛ.ʋə] === Etymology 1 === Ultimately from Hebrew חַוָּה (khava) . ==== Proper noun ==== ʻEwa (biblical) Eve (wife of Adam) a female given name originating from the Bible === Etymology 2 === ʻewa (“crooked, unjust”) ==== Proper noun ==== ʻEwa Ewa (a locality west of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, United States, 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.