ewe

Translingual

Symbol

ewe

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

English

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Sheep

Wikipedia

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /juː/, /jʊ̯u/

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• (Southern American English, archaic) IPA^(key): /joʊ̯/
• (Ireland) IPA^(key): /joː/
• Rhymes: -uː
• Homophones: eau, u, yew, you (in almost all dialects)
• Homophone: yo (Ireland, archaic Southern US)
• Homophones: hew, hue, Hugh (in h-dropping dialects)

Noun

ewe (plural ewes)

1. 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

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

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• hog
• ram
• shearling
• teg
• wether

Anagrams

• eew, wee

Chuukese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eweɪ/

Article

ewe (plural ekkewe)

1. the (singular)

Usage notes

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

Finnish

Etymology

From Ewe Eʋe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈewe/,
• Rhymes: -ewe
• Syllabification^(key): e‧we

Noun

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)

Declension

Derived terms

Mam

Adverb

ewe

1. yesterday

Maori

Noun

ewe

1. afterbirth
2. womb

Middle Dutch

Etymology

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

Noun

êwe f

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

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Alternative forms

• êeu

Descendants

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

Further reading

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

Middle English

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

• awe, eu, ouwe, yeue, yowe

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛu̯(ə)/, /ˈjɔu̯(ə)/
• Rhymes: -ɛu̯(ə)

Noun

ewe (plural ewen)

1. ewe (female sheep)

Descendants

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

References

Etymology 2

Noun

ewe

1. Alternative form of ew

Middle High German

Alternative forms

• ê

Etymology

From Old High German ēwa, akin to Old English ǣ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈeː.wə/

Noun

êwe f

1. law
2. eternity
3. marriage

Declension

Descendants

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

References

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

Old French

Etymology 1

From Latin aqua (“water”).

Alternative forms

• iaue, egua, euwe

Pronunciation

This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with the IPA then please add some!

Noun

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 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

Related terms

• ewer
• sewiere

Etymology 2

From Latin equa

Alternative forms

• ive, iewe

Noun

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

1. mare (adult female horse)

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

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

Adjective

ewe

1. even
2. level

Swedish

Etymology

From Ewe Eʋeawó (“Ewe people”).

Noun

ewe c

1. Ewe (language)

Tocharian B

Alternative forms

• iwe

Etymology

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.

Noun

ewe ?

1. (anatomy) skin, hide
2. leather

Further reading

• 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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Adverb

ewé

1. yes

Yoruba

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ē.wé/

Noun

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

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /è.wē/

Noun

èwe

1. adolescent, youth, young person

Derived terms

• ìgbà èwe (“childhood, adolescence”)

Etymology 3

Alternative forms

• eè (Èkìtì)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ē.wè/

Noun

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)

Zazaki

Noun

ewe

1. and