ewe

From English Ewe.

ewe

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

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Ewe terms

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
• Syllabification^(key): e‧we
• 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 or m

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

• 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	Subdialect	Location	Words
Proto-Itsekiri-SEY	Southeast Yoruba	Ào		Ìdóàní	ewé
		Eastern Àkókó	Ìkàrẹ́	Ìkàrẹ́ Àkókó (Ùkàrẹ́)	ewé
			Àkùngbá	Àkùngbá Àkókó	ewé
			Ṣúpárè	Ṣúpárè Àkókó	ewé
		Ìdànrè (Ùdànè, Ùdànrè)		Ìdànrè (Ùdànè, Ùdànrè)	ewé
		Ìjẹ̀bú	Ìjẹ̀bú	Ìjẹ̀bú Òde	ewé
			Rẹ́mọ	Ẹ̀pẹ́	ewé
				Ìkòròdú	ewé
				Ṣágámù	ewé
		Ìkálẹ̀ (Ùkálẹ̀)		Òkìtìpupa	ewé
		Ìlàjẹ (Ùlàjẹ)		Mahin	ewé
		Oǹdó		Oǹdó	ewé
		Ọ̀wọ̀ (Ọ̀ghọ̀)		Ọ̀wọ̀ (Ọ̀ghọ̀)	ewé
		Usẹn		Usẹn	ewé
	Ìtsẹkírì			Ìwẹrẹ	iwé
	Olùkùmi			Ugbódù	éwéjin
Proto-Yoruba	Central Yoruba	Èkìtì	Èkìtì	Àdó Èkìtì	ewé
			Àkúrẹ́	Àkúrẹ́	ewé
			Mọ̀bà	Ọ̀tùn Èkìtì	ewé
		Ifẹ̀ (Ufẹ̀)		Ilé Ifẹ̀ (Ulé Ufẹ̀)	ewé
		Ìjẹ̀ṣà (Ùjẹ̀ṣà)		Iléṣà (Uléṣà)	ewé
		Òkè Igbó		Òkè Igbó	ewé
		Western Àkókó		Ọ̀gbàgì Àkókó	ewé
	Northwest Yoruba	Àwórì		Èbúté Mẹ́tà	ewé
		Ẹ̀gbá		Abẹ́òkúta	ewé
		Ẹ̀gbádò		Ìjàká	ewé
		Èkó		Èkó	ewé
		Ìbàdàn		Ìbàdàn	ewé
		Ìbàràpá		Igbó Òrà	ewé
		Ìbọ̀lọ́		Òṣogbo (Òsogbo)	ewé
		Ìgbómìnà		Ìlá Ọ̀ràngún	ewé
				Ìfẹ́lódùn LGA	ewé
				Ìrẹ́pọ̀dùn LGA	ewé
				Ìsin LGA	ewé
		Ìlọrin		Ìlọrin	ewé
		Oǹkó		Òtù	ewé
				Ìwéré Ilé	ewé
				Òkèhò	ewé
				Ìsẹ́yìn	ewé
				Ṣakí	ewé
				Tedé	ewé
				Ìgbẹ́tì	ewé
		Ọ̀yọ́		Ọ̀yọ́	ewé
		Standard Yorùbá		Nàìjíríà	ewé
				Bɛ̀nɛ̀	ewé
	Northeast Yoruba/Okun	Gbẹ̀dẹ̀		Ìyá Gbẹ̀dẹ̀	ewé
		Ìbùnú		Bùnú	ewé
		Ìjùmú		Ìjùmú	ewé
		Ìkìrì		Akutupa Kiri	ewé
		Ìyàgbà		Ìsánlú Ìtẹ̀dó	ewé
		Owé		Kabba	eghé
		Ọ̀wọ́rọ̀		Lọ́kọ́ja	ewé
	Ede languages/Southwest Yoruba	Ana		Sokode	ewé
		Cábɛ̀ɛ́		Cábɛ̀ɛ́ (Ìdàdú)	ewé
				Tchaourou	ewé
		Ǹcà (Ìcà, Ìncà)		Baàtɛ	ewé
		Ìdàácà	Benin	Igbó Ìdàácà (Dasa Zunmɛ̀)	ewé
		Ọ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí-Ìjè	Ọ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí/Ìjè	Ìkpòbɛ́	ewé
				Onigbolo	ewé
			Kétu/Ànàgó	Kétu	ewé
		Ifɛ̀		Akpáré	ewé
				Atakpamɛ	ewé
				Boko	ewé
				Est-Mono	ewé
				Moretan	ewé
				Tchetti (Tsɛti, Cɛti)	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