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ewe

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

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/
• (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

• 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
• 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)

(compounds):

ewe

1. yesterday

ewe

1. afterbirth
2. womb

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

êwe f

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

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

• 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

• 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