yew

== English == === Etymology 1 === From Middle English ew, from Old English īw, ēow, [both cognates of Welsh yw (“yews”), Irish eo, Old Irish eó respectively]; although the Old English form was conjectured to be from Proto-West Germanic *īhu, from Proto-Germanic *īhwaz (compare Icelandic ýr), masculine variant of *īwō (compare Dutch ijf, German Eibe), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyHw-. See also Hittite 𒄑𒂊𒅀𒀭 (eyan, “type of evergreen”), Latgalian īva (“bird cherry”), Lithuanian ievà (“bird cherry”), Russian и́ва (íva, “willow”). Compare typologically Ancient Greek τόξον (tóxon), possibly a cognate of Latin taxus. ==== Alternative forms ==== ew (obsolete) ==== Pronunciation ==== enPR: yo͞o (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /juː/ (Standard Southern British) IPA(key): /jʉw/ (General American) IPA(key): /ju/ (Australia, New Zealand) IPA(key): /jʉː/ (Scotland, Northern Ireland) IPA(key): /jʉ/ (Wales) IPA(key): /jɪu̯/ Rhymes: -uː Homophones: eau; hew, hue, Hugh (h-dropping); u, U, ewe, you (not in Wales) ==== Noun ==== yew (countable and uncountable, plural yews) (countable) A species of coniferous tree, Taxus baccata, with dark-green flat needle-like leaves and seeds bearing red arils, native to western, central and southern Europe, northwest Africa, northern Iran and southwest Asia. Synonyms: English yew, European yew, common yew (countable, by extension) Any tree or shrub of the genus Taxus. Other conifers resembling plants in genus Taxus: in family Podocarpaceae. in family Cephalotaxaceae. (uncountable) The wood of such trees. A bow for archery, made of yew wood. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Adjective ==== yew (not comparable) Made from the wood of the yew tree. Synonym: yewen ===== Translations ===== ==== See also ==== Taxus baccata on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Etymology 2 === ==== Pronoun ==== yew Eye dialect spelling of you. ===== Derived terms ===== hold yew hard === References === === Anagrams === Wey, Wye, wey, wye == Jumjum == === Alternative forms === yewwe === Etymology === Cognate with Shilluk áryew, Belanda Bor arɛw, Southwestern Dinka reu, Dinka rou. === Numeral === yew two == Middle English == === Pronoun === yew alternative form of yow == Noone == === Noun === yew (plural yêw) house === References === R. Blench, Beboid Comparative == Yola == === Etymology === From Middle English yew, from Old English īw, ēow, from Proto-West Germanic *īhu. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /juː/ === Noun === yew The portion of the ridge taken by each reaper in harvest. The same laid in rows for binding into sheaves. === References === Kathleen A. Browne (1927), “THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD.”, in Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of lreland (Sixth Series)‎[3], volume 17, number 2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, page 134 == Zazaki == === Etymology === From Proto-Indo-Iranian *Haywas. === Numeral === yew one