ewe
Translingual
Etymology
Symbol
ewe
See also
- Wiktionary’s coverage of Ewe terms
English
Etymology
From Middle English ewe, from Old English eowu, from Proto-West Germanic *awi, from Proto-Germanic *awiz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ówis (“sheep”).
Cognates
See also Old English ēow (“sheep”), West Frisian ei, Dutch ooi, German Aue; also Old Irish oí, Latin ovis, Tocharian B ā(ᵤ)w, Lithuanian avi̇̀s (“ewe”), Russian овца́ (ovcá).
Pronunciation
- 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
ewe (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
Derived terms
Translations
female sheep
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See also
Anagrams
Chuukese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /eweɪ/
Article
ewe (plural ekkewe)
- the (singular)
Usage notes
When used with a possessive, the word used is we.
Finnish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈewe/, [ˈe̞we̞]
- Rhymes: -ewe
- Syllabification(key): e‧we
- Hyphenation(key): ewe
Noun
ewe
- 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
| Inflection of ewe (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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. | ||
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Derived terms
compounds
Mam
Adverb
ewe
Māori
Noun
ewe
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch ēwa, from Proto-West Germanic *aiw.
Noun
êwe f or m
Inflection
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | êwe | êwen |
| accusative | êwe | êwen |
| genitive | êwe, êwen | êwen |
| dative | êwe, êwen | êwen |
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | êwe | êwen |
| accusative | êwe | êwen |
| genitive | êwen | êwen |
| dative | êwe | êwen |
Alternative forms
Descendants
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
Pronunciation
Noun
Descendants
- English: ewe
- Middle Scots: ȝow, ȝoue, ȝowe, yow, ȝew, yew, yoaw, yeowe (late), ȝown, ȝeown (a reinterpretation of Middle English ewen (“ewes”) as a singular)
- Scots: yowe
- Yola: yowe
References
- ^ Dobson, E[ric] 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. Series Practica; 218)[2], The Hague: Mouton & Co. N.V., , § 108, page 127.
- ^ “eue, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 10 April 2018.
Etymology 2
Noun
ewe
- alternative form of ew
Middle High German
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Old High German ēwa, akin to Old English ǣ.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈeː.wə/
Noun
ēwe f
Declension
Descendants
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
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Noun
ewe 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
Etymology 2
Alternative forms
Noun
ewe oblique singular, f (oblique plural ewes, nominative singular ewe, nominative plural ewes)
- 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
Swedish
Etymology
From Ewe Eʋeawó (“Ewe people”).
Noun
ewe c
- Ewe (language)
Tocharian B
Alternative forms
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 ?
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): [eːwé]
Adverb
ewé
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
- leaf, foliage
- The leaves of the plants Thaumatococcus daniellii and Megaphrynium macrostachyum, which are used in wrapping foods.
- Synonyms: ẹẹ́rà, ewé eéran, ewé iran
Synonyms
| 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. | |||||
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /è.wē/
Noun
èwe
- adolescent, youth, young person
Derived terms
- ìgbà èwe (“childhood, adolescence”)
Etymology 3
Alternative forms
- eè (Èkìtì)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ē.wè/
Noun
ewè
- 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
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