ew

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See also: EW and Ew

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Onomatopoeic, ideophonic. Compare oh, ugh.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /(iː)uː/, /iːu̯/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -uː

Interjection

ew (with as many extra ‘e’s and/or ‘w’s as needed for emphasis)

  1. Expression of disgust or nausea.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:yuck
    Ew! There’s a fly in my soup.
    Ew! This peanut butter tastes disgusting!

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

Kamkata-viri

Kamviri cardinal numbers
 <  0 1 2  > 
    Cardinal : ew
Kativiri cardinal numbers
 <  0 1 2  > 
    Cardinal : ew

Etymology

From Proto-Nuristani *eka, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Háykas, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁óykos.

Pronunciation

Numeral

ew[1]

  1. one

References

  1. ^ Strand, Richard F. (2016) “′ev”, in Nûristânî Etymological Lexicon

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old English īw, ēow, from Proto-West Germanic *īhu.

Pronunciation

Noun

ew

  1. yew (Taxus baccata)
  2. yew wood

Descendants

  • English: yew
  • Scots: yew, ewe
  • Yola: yew

References

Mokilese

Mokilese numbers (edit)
10
1 2  →  10  → 
    General: ew
    Animate: emen
    Long objects: apas
    Pieces: ekij
    Serial counting number: oahd
    General ordinal: keiow
    Animate ordinal: keiow
    Long objects ordinal: keiow
    Pieces ordinal: keiow

Etymology

e- (one) +‎ -w (general numeral classifier)

Numeral

ew

  1. the numeral one

Usage notes

Ew is the general form of the numeral one, used for general counting and to describe the number of inanimate objects that are not considered long or pieces of other nouns.

Northern Kurdish

Pronunciation

Pronoun

Central Kurdish ئەو (ew)
Southern Kurdish ئەۊ (eẅ)

ew (he) (she)

Central Kurdish ئەوان (ewan)
Southern Kurdish ئەوان (ewan)

ew (they)

ew (masculine oblique singular , feminine oblique singular , oblique plural wan)

  1. he, she, it, they

See also

Waigali

Waigali cardinal numbers
 <  0 1 2  > 
    Cardinal : ew

Etymology

From Proto-Nuristani *eka, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Háykas, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁óykos.

Pronunciation

Numeral

ew (Nisheigram)[1]

  1. one

References

  1. ^ Strand, Richard F. (2016) “ev”, in Nûristânî Etymological Lexicon