ewe

ewe

1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Ewe.

From Middle English ewe, from Old English eowu, from Proto-West Germanic *awi, from Proto-Germanic *awiz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ówis (“sheep”).

• IPA^(key): /juː/, /jʊ̯u/

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• (Southern US, archaic) IPA^(key): /joʊ̯/
• (Ireland) IPA^(key): /joː/
• Rhymes: -uː
• Homophones: eau, u, yew, you; hew, hue, Hugh (h-dropping); yo (Ireland, archaic Southern US)

ewe (plural ewes)

2. A female sheep, as opposed to a ram.

   Antonym: ram

   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 31:38, column 2:

     This twentie yeeres haue I bene with thee: thy ewes and thy ſhee goates haue not caſt their yong, and the rammes of thy flocke haue I not eaten.

• yowe, yeo, yoe, yow (archaic, dialectal, Britain, Scotland)

• hog
• ram
• shearling
• teg
• wether

• Wee, wee, WEE, eew

• IPA^(key): /eweɪ/

ewe (plural ekkewe)

1. the (singular)

When used with a possessive, the word used is we.

From Ewe Eʋe.

• IPA^(key): /ˈewe/, [ˈe̞we̞]
• Rhymes: -ewe
• Hyphenation^(key): ewe

ewe

1. Ewe (member of a West African ethnic group)

   ewe-kulttuuri / ewejen kulttuuri ― Ewe culture

   ewe-kansa ― Ewe people

   ewejen kieli ― Ewe language

2. Ewe (language)
3. (in the plural) the Ewe (ethnic group)

ewe

1. yesterday

ewe

1. afterbirth
2. womb

From Old Dutch ēwa, from Proto-West Germanic *aiw.

êwe f

1. era
2. eternity
3. moral law
4. nature

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

• êeu

• Dutch: eeuw
  • Afrikaans: eeu
• Limburgish: ieuw

• “ewe”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “ewe”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

Inherited from Old English eowu, from Proto-West Germanic *awi, from Proto-Germanic *awiz.

• awe, eu, ouwe, yeue, yowe

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛu̯(ə)/, /ˈjɔu̯(ə)/^[1][2]
• Rhymes: -ɛu̯(ə)

ewe (plural ewen)

1. ewe (female sheep)^[3]

• English: ewe
• Scots: yowe, yhow
• Yola: yowe

ewe

1. Alternative form of ew

• ē

Inherited from Old High German ēwa, akin to Old English ǣ.

• IPA^(key): /ˈeː.wə/

ēwe f

1. law
2. eternity
3. marriage

• Alemannic German: Ee, E-e
• German: Ehe

• Benecke, Georg Friedrich, Müller, Wilhelm, Zarncke, Friedrich (1863) “êwe”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke, Stuttgart: S. Hirzel

From Latin aqua (“water”).

• iaue, egua, euwe

ewe oblique singular, f (oblique plural ewes, nominative singular ewe, nominative plural ewes)

1. Alternative form of iaue (“water”)
   • a. 1350, Holkham Bible:

     E caunt ele estoyt de tut chargé
     La ewe vint curant a grant plenté.

     And when it [the Ark] was fully loaded
     the waters ran high and fast.

   • c. 1170, Wace, Le Roman de Rou:

     L'ewe est bele e parfond qui en la cité cort

     The water which runs through the city is beautiful and deep

   • c. 1200, Marie de France, Guigemar:

     En bacins d'or ewe aporterent

     They brought water in basins made of gold

• ewer
• sewiere

From Latin equa

• ive, iewe

ewe oblique singular, f (oblique plural ewes, nominative singular ewe, nominative plural ewes)

1. mare (adult female horse)

From Middle High German eben, from Old High German eban. Compare German eben, Dutch even, English even.

ewe

1. even
2. level

From Ewe Eʋeawó (“Ewe people”).

ewe c

1. Ewe (language)

• iwe

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ewes- (“covering”), from *h₃ew- (“to put on clothes, shoes”). Cognate with Latin *uo (“to put on clothes”), Lithuanian auti (“to put on shoes”), etc.

ewe ?

1. (anatomy) skin, hide
2. leather

• Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “ewe”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, pages 103-104

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• IPA^(key): [eːwé]

ewé

1. yes

Cognate with Itsekiri ìwé, perhaps also related to Edo èbé, Urhobo ẹbe, see Doublet of ìwé

• IPA^(key): /ē.wé/

ewé

1. leaf, foliage
2. The leaves of the plants Thaumatococcus daniellii and Megaphrynium macrostachyum, which are used in wrapping foods.

   Synonyms: ẹẹ́rà, ewé eéran, ewé iran

Yoruba Varieties and Languages - ewé (“leaf”)
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Language Family	Variety Group	Variety/Language	Location	Words
Proto-Itsekiri-SEY	Southeast Yoruba	Ào	Ìdóàní	ewé
		Eastern Àkókó	Ìkàrẹ́ Àkókó	ewé
			Àkùngbá Àkókó	ewé
			Ṣúpárè Àkókó	ewé
		Ìdànrè	Ìdànrè	ewé
		Ìjẹ̀bú	Ìjẹ̀bú Òde	ewé
			Ìkòròdú	ewé
			Ṣágámù	ewé
			Ẹ̀pẹ́	ewé
		Ìkálẹ̀	Òkìtìpupa	ewé
		Ìlàjẹ	Mahin	ewé
		Oǹdó	Oǹdó	ewé
		Ọ̀wọ̀	Ọ̀wọ̀	ewé
		Usẹn	Usẹn	ewé
	Ìtsẹkírì		Ìwẹrẹ	iwé
	Olùkùmi		Ugbódù	éwéjin
Proto-Yoruba	Central Yoruba	Èkìtì	Àdó Èkìtì	ewé
			Àkúrẹ́	ewé
			Ọ̀tùn Èkìtì	ewé
		Ifẹ̀	Ilé Ifẹ̀	ewé
		Ìgbómìnà	Ìlá Ọ̀ràngún	ewé
			Ìfẹ́lódùn LGA	ewé
			Ìrẹ́pọ̀dùn LGA	ewé
			Ìsin LGA	ewé
		Ìjẹ̀ṣà	Iléṣà	ewé
		Òkè Igbó	Òkè Igbó	ewé
		Western Àkókó	Ọ̀gbàgì Àkókó	ewé
	Northwest Yoruba	Àwórì	Èbúté Mẹ́tà	ewé
		Ẹ̀gbá	Abẹ́òkúta	ewé
		Èkó	Èkó	ewé
		Ìbàdàn	Ìbàdàn	ewé
		Ìbàràpá	Igbó Òrà	ewé
		Ìbọ̀lọ́	Òṣogbo	ewé
		Ìlọrin	Ìlọrin	ewé
		Oǹkó	Ìtẹ̀síwájú LGA	ewé
			Ìwàjówà LGA	ewé
			Kájọlà LGA	ewé
			Ìsẹ́yìn LGA	ewé
			Ṣakí West LGA	ewé
			Atisbo LGA	ewé
			Ọlọ́runṣògo LGA	ewé
		Ọ̀yọ́	Ọ̀yọ́	ewé
		Standard Yorùbá	Nàìjíríà	ewé
			Bɛ̀nɛ̀	ewé
	Northeast Yoruba/Okun	Gbẹdẹ	Iyah Gbede	ewé
		Ìbùnú	Bùnú	ewé
		Ìjùmú	Ìjùmú	ewé
		Ikiri	Akutupa Kiri	ewé
		Ìyàgbà	Yàgbà East LGA	ewé
		Owé	Kabba	eghé
		Ọ̀wọ́rọ̀	Lọ́kọ́ja	ewé
	Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba	Ana	Sokode	ewé
		Cábɛ̀ɛ́	Cábɛ̀ɛ́	ewé
			Tchaourou	ewé
		Ìcà	Agoua	ewé
		Ìdàácà	Igbó Ìdàácà	ewé
		Ọ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí-Ìjè	Ìkpòbɛ́	ewé
			Kétu	ewé
			Onigbolo	ewé
			Yewa	ewé
		Ifɛ̀	Akpáré	ewé
			Atakpamé	ewé
			Boko	ewé
			Est-Mono	ewé
			Moretan	ewé
			Tchetti	ewé
		Kura	Aledjo-Koura	íwé
			Awotébi	íwé
			Partago	íwé
		Mɔ̄kɔ́lé	Kandi	wúwà
		Northern Nago	Kambole	ewé
			Manigri	ewé
Note: This amalgamation of terms comes from a number of different academic papers focused on the unique varieties and languages spoken in the Yoruboid dialectal continuum which extends from eastern Togo to southern Nigeria. The terms for spoken varieties, now deemed dialects of Yorùbá in Nigeria (i.e. Southeast Yorùbá, Northwest Yorùbá, Central Yorùbá, and Northeast Yorùbá), have converged with those of Standard Yorùbá leading to the creation of what can be labeled Common Yorùbá (Funṣọ Akere, 1977). It can be assumed that the Standard Yorùbá term can also be used in most Nigerian varieties alongside native terms, especially amongst younger speakers. This does not apply to the other Nigerian Yoruboid languages of Ìṣẹkírì and Olùkùmi, nor the Èdè Languages of Benin and Togo.

• IPA^(key): /è.wē/

èwe

1. adolescent, youth, young person

• ìgbà èwe (“childhood, adolescence”)

• eè (Èkìtì)

• IPA^(key): /ē.wè/

ewè

1. A common species of edible fungi, Termitomyces robustus

   Ọmọ Ọbalùú kò gbọ́dọ̀ jẹ ewè ― The subjects of the King (of the town of Ẹ̀fọ̀n) must never eat the ewe mushroom (The people of Ẹ̀fọ̀n regard it as a taboo to eat this specific species of mushroom)

ewe

1. and