ewe

== Translingual == === Etymology === From English Ewe. === Symbol === ewe (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for 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”). === Pronunciation === 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) === Noun === ewe (plural ewes) A female sheep, as opposed to a ram. Antonym: ram ==== Synonyms ==== yowe, yeo, yoe, yow (archaic, dialectal, Britain, Scotland) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === See also === hog ram shearling teg wether === Anagrams === Wee, wee, WEE, eew == 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 === From Ewe Eʋe. === 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 ==== ==== Derived terms ==== == Mam == === Adverb === ewe yesterday == Māori == === Noun === ewe afterbirth womb == Middle Dutch == === Etymology === From Old Dutch ēwa, from Proto-West Germanic *aiw. === Noun === êwe f or m era eternity moral law nature ==== Inflection ==== ==== Alternative forms ==== êeu ==== Descendants ==== Dutch: eeuwAfrikaans: 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 ȝou, ȝow, yhow (Early Scots) ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈɛu̯(ə)/, /ˈjɔu̯(ə)/ Rhymes: -ɛu̯(ə) ==== Noun ==== ewe (plural ewes or ewen) ewe (female sheep) ===== 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 ===== === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== ewe alternative form of ew == Middle High German == === Alternative forms === ē === Etymology === Inherited from Old High German ēwa, akin to Old English ǣ. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈeː.wə/ === Noun === ēwe f law eternity 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 ==== ==== Noun ==== ewe oblique singular, f (oblique plural ewes, nominative singular ewe, nominative plural ewes) alternative form of iaue (“water”) ===== 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) 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 even level == Swedish == === Etymology === From Ewe Eʋeawó (“Ewe people”). === Noun === ewe c 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 ? (anatomy) skin, hide 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): [eːwé] === Adverb === ewé 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 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 ===== ===== 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 === ewe and