ewe
Translingual
editSymbol
editewe
English
editEtymology
editFrom Middle English ewe, from Old English eowu, from Proto-West Germanic *awi, from Proto-Germanic *awiz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ówis (“sheep”).
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /juː/, /jʊ̯u/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- (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)
Noun
editewe (plural ewes)
- 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.
Synonyms
editDerived terms
editTranslations
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See also
editAnagrams
editChuukese
editPronunciation
editArticle
editewe (plural ekkewe)
- the (singular)
Usage notes
editWhen used with a possessive, the word used is we.
Finnish
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
editewe
- Ewe (member of a West African ethnic group)
- ewe-kulttuuri / ewejen kulttuuri ― Ewe culture
- ewe-kansa ― Ewe people
- ewejen kieli ― Ewe language
- Ewe (language)
- (in the plural) the Ewe (ethnic group)
Declension
editInflection of ewe (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | ewe | ewet | |
genitive | ewen | ewejen | |
partitive | eweä | ewejä | |
illative | eween | eweihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | ewe | ewet | |
accusative | nom. | ewe | ewet |
gen. | ewen | ||
genitive | ewen | ewejen | |
partitive | eweä | ewejä | |
inessive | ewessä | eweissä | |
elative | ewestä | eweistä | |
illative | eween | eweihin | |
adessive | ewellä | eweillä | |
ablative | eweltä | eweiltä | |
allative | ewelle | eweille | |
essive | ewenä | eweinä | |
translative | eweksi | eweiksi | |
abessive | ewettä | eweittä | |
instructive | — | ewein | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms
editMam
editAdverb
editewe
Maori
editNoun
editewe
Middle Dutch
editEtymology
editFrom Old Dutch ēwa, from Proto-West Germanic *aiw.
Noun
editêwe f
Inflection
editThis noun needs an inflection-table template.
Alternative forms
editDescendants
editFurther reading
edit- “ewe”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “ewe”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN
Middle English
editEtymology 1
editInherited from Old English eowu, from Proto-West Germanic *awi, from Proto-Germanic *awiz.
Alternative forms
editPronunciation
editNoun
editewe (plural ewen)
Descendants
editReferences
edit- ^ Dobson, E. J. (1957) English pronunciation 1500-1700[1], second edition, volume II: Phonology, Oxford: Clarendon Press, published 1968, →OCLC, § 244, page 799.
- ^ Jordan, Richard (1974) Eugene Crook, transl., Handbook of the Middle English Grammar: Phonology (Janua Linguarum; 214)[2], The Hague: Mouton & Co. N.V., , § 108, page 127.
- ^ “eue, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-10.
Etymology 2
editNoun
editewe
- Alternative form of ew
Middle High German
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editInherited from Old High German ēwa, akin to Old English ǣ.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editēwe f
Declension
editDescendants
editReferences
edit- Benecke, Georg Friedrich, Müller, Wilhelm, Zarncke, Friedrich (1863) “êwe”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke, Stuttgart: S. Hirzel
Old French
editEtymology 1
editAlternative forms
editPronunciation
editNoun
editewe oblique singular, f (oblique plural ewes, nominative singular ewe, nominative plural ewes)
- 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.
- And when it [the Ark] was fully loaded
- 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
Related terms
editEtymology 2
editAlternative forms
editNoun
editewe oblique singular, f (oblique plural ewes, nominative singular ewe, nominative plural ewes)
- mare (adult female horse)
Pennsylvania German
editEtymology
editFrom Middle High German eben, from Old High German eban. Compare German eben, Dutch even, English even.
Adjective
editewe
Swedish
editEtymology
editFrom Ewe Eʋeawó (“Ewe people”).
Noun
editewe c
- Ewe (language)
Tocharian B
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editUltimately 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.
Noun
editewe ?
Further reading
edit- 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
Xhosa
editEtymology
edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
editAdverb
editewé
Yoruba
editEtymology 1
editCognate with Itsekiri ìwé, perhaps also related to Edo èbé, Urhobo ẹbe, see Doublet of ìwé
Pronunciation
editNoun
editewé
- leaf, foliage
- The leaves of the plants Thaumatococcus daniellii and Megaphrynium macrostachyum, which are used in wrapping foods.
Synonyms
editYoruba 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 |
Derived terms
editEtymology 2
editPronunciation
editNoun
editèwe
- adolescent, youth, young person
Derived terms
edit- ìgbà èwe (“childhood, adolescence”)
Etymology 3
editAlternative forms
edit- eè (Èkìtì)
Pronunciation
editNoun
editewè
- 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)
Zazaki
editNoun
editewe
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- en:Female animals
- en:Sheep
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- Rhymes:Middle English/ɛu̯(ə)
- Rhymes:Middle English/ɛu̯(ə)/1 syllable
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- enm:Female animals
- enm:Livestock
- enm:Sheep
- Middle High German terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
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- fro:Female animals
- fro:Horses
- fro:Water
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