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See also: Ewe, EWE, -ewe, and éwé

Translingual

Etymology

From English Ewe.

Symbol

ewe

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

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English

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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

Noun

ewe (plural ewes)

  1. A female sheep, as opposed to a ram.
    Antonym: ram

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Chuukese

Pronunciation

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/, [ˈe̞we̞]
  • Rhymes: -ewe
  • Syllabification(key): e‧we
  • Hyphenation(key): ewe

Noun

ewe

  1. Ewe (member of a West African ethnic group)
    ewe-kulttuuri / ewejen kulttuuriEwe culture
    ewe-kansaEwe people
    ewejen kieliEwe language
  2. Ewe (language)
  3. (in the plural) the Ewe (ethnic group)

Declension

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Derived terms

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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 or m

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

Inflection

More information singular, plural ...
More information singular, plural ...

Alternative forms

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
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Middle English

Middle High German

Old French

Pennsylvania German

Swedish

Tocharian B

Xhosa

Yoruba

Zazaki

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