ewo

ewo

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

Ewe cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : ewo     Ordinal : ewolia

ewo

1. ten

From French héros (“hero”).

• IPA^(key): /ewo/

ewo

1. hero

• kannay
• mechann

Probably cognate with Yoruba ewúrẹ́ and Igbo ewu, proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruboid *é-ɓí

• IPA^(key): /é.wó/

éwó

1. goat
2. (idiomatic, derogatory) stupid person

• òbúkọ (“he-goat”)

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

ewò

1. he, she (third-person singular pronoun)

Usually follows a verb or noun, unlike neèn and keèn.^[1]

• Roger Williams (1643) A Key into the Language of America, London: Gregory Dexter, →OCLC, page 2

Cognates include Yoruba owó, Edo ígho, Urhobo ígho.

• IPA^(key): /ē.wó/

ewó

1. money
2. cowry shell

• ewódeci (“rich person”)

Cognates include Fon awù, Ewe awu, Gun awù, Edo ẹwu, Yoruba ẹ̀wù, èù, àwù, Ifè àwù, Urhobo ewun (shirt), Isoko ewu.

• IPA^(key): /è.wò/

èwò

1. cloth; garment

   Ǹdácé fo èwò li. ― Ndace washed the garment.

   Wo má èwò ko à. ― You don't know how to iron clothes.

• èwòkó (“agbada; boubou”)

• IPA^(key): /è.wō/

èwo

1. (interrogative) which; what

   Èwo ni ẹ fẹ́ràn jù? ― Which do you like the most?

• wo (“which; what”)