# ewe
## Translingual
### Symbol

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

## 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”).
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 avìs (“ewe”), Russian овца́ (ovcá).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /juː/, /jʊ̯u/
** Audio (Southern England):(file)
* (Southern US, archaic) IPA: /joʊ̯/
* (Ireland) IPA: /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

* yowe, yeo, yoe, yow (archaic, dialectal, Britain, Scotland)

#### Derived terms

* black ewe
* ewe cat
* ewe lamb
* ewe neck
* ewe-necked
* hippo birdie two ewe

#### Translations
### See also

* hog
* ram
* shearling
* teg
* wether

### Anagrams

* Wee, wee, WEE, eew

## Chuukese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /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: /ˈewe/, [ˈe̞we̞]
* Rhymes: -ewe
* Hyphenation: 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

Possessive forms of ewe (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
eweni
eweni
accusative
nom.
eweni
eweni
gen.
eweni
genitive
eweni
ewejeni
partitive
eweäni
ewejäni
inessive
ewessäni
eweissäni
elative
ewestäni
eweistäni
illative
eweeni
eweihini
adessive
ewelläni
eweilläni
ablative
eweltäni
eweiltäni
allative
ewelleni
eweilleni
essive
ewenäni
eweinäni
translative
ewekseni
eweikseni
abessive
ewettäni
eweittäni
instructive
comitative
—eweineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
ewesi
ewesi
accusative
nom.
ewesi
ewesi
gen.
ewesi
genitive
ewesi
ewejesi
partitive
eweäsi
ewejäsi
inessive
ewessäsi
eweissäsi
elative
ewestäsi
eweistäsi
illative
eweesi
eweihisi
adessive
ewelläsi
eweilläsi
ablative
eweltäsi
eweiltäsi
allative
ewellesi
eweillesi
essive
ewenäsi
eweinäsi
translative
eweksesi
eweiksesi
abessive
ewettäsi
eweittäsi
instructive
comitative
—eweinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
ewemme
ewemme
accusative
nom.
ewemme
ewemme
gen.
ewemme
genitive
ewemme
ewejemme
partitive
eweämme
ewejämme
inessive
ewessämme
eweissämme
elative
ewestämme
eweistämme
illative
eweemme
eweihimme
adessive
ewellämme
eweillämme
ablative
eweltämme
eweiltämme
allative
ewellemme
eweillemme
essive
ewenämme
eweinämme
translative
eweksemme
eweiksemme
abessive
ewettämme
eweittämme
instructive
comitative
—eweinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
ewenne
ewenne
accusative
nom.
ewenne
ewenne
gen.
ewenne
genitive
ewenne
ewejenne
partitive
eweänne
ewejänne
inessive
ewessänne
eweissänne
elative
ewestänne
eweistänne
illative
eweenne
eweihinne
adessive
ewellänne
eweillänne
ablative
eweltänne
eweiltänne
allative
ewellenne
eweillenne
essive
ewenänne
eweinänne
translative
eweksenne
eweiksenne
abessive
ewettänne
eweittänne
instructive
comitative
—eweinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
ewensä
ewensä
accusative
nom.
ewensä
ewensä
gen.
ewensä
genitive
ewensä
ewejensä
partitive
eweään eweänsä
ewejään ewejänsä
inessive
ewessään ewessänsä
eweissään eweissänsä
elative
ewestään ewestänsä
eweistään eweistänsä
illative
eweensä
eweihinsä
adessive
ewellään ewellänsä
eweillään eweillänsä
ablative
eweltään eweltänsä
eweiltään eweiltänsä
allative
ewelleen ewellensä
eweilleen eweillensä
essive
ewenään ewenänsä
eweinään eweinänsä
translative
ewekseen eweksensä
eweikseen eweiksensä
abessive
ewettään ewettänsä
eweittään eweittänsä
instructive
comitative
—eweineen eweinensä :

#### Derived terms

* ewe-kansa

## Mam
### Adverb

ewe
* yesterday

## Maori
### Noun

ewe
* afterbirth
* womb

## Middle Dutch
### Etymology

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

### Noun

êwe f
* era
* eternity
* moral law
* nature

#### Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

#### Alternative forms

* êeu

#### 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

## 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

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɛu̯(ə)/, /ˈjɔu̯(ə)/
* Rhymes: -ɛu̯(ə)

#### Noun

ewe (plural ewen)
* ewe (female sheep)

##### Descendants

* English: ewe
* Scots: yowe, yhow
* Yola: yowe

##### References

* ↑ Dobson, E. J. (1957) English pronunciation 1500-1700‎, 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; 214)‎, The Hague: Mouton & Co. N.V., →DOI, § 108, page 127.
* ↑ “eue, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-10.

### 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: /ˈeː.wə/

### Noun

ēwe f
* law
* eternity
* marriage

#### 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

* This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with the IPA then please add some!

#### 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.
** c. 1170, Wace, Le Roman de Rou:L'ewe est bele e parfond qui en la cité cortThe water which runs through the city is beautiful and deep
** c. 1200, Marie de France, Guigemar:En bacins d'or ewe aporterentThey brought water in basins made of gold

##### 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: [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: /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 | Ào | Ìdóàní | ewé |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Eastern Àkókó | Ìkàrẹ́ | Ìkàrẹ́ Àkókó (Ùkàrẹ́) | ewé |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Eastern Àkókó | Àkùngbá | Àkùngbá Àkókó | ewé |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Eastern Àkókó | Ṣúpárè | Ṣúpárè Àkókó | ewé |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ìdànrè (Ùdànè, Ùdànrè) | Ìdànrè (Ùdànè, Ùdànrè) | Ìdànrè (Ùdànè, Ùdànrè) | ewé |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ìjẹ̀bú | Ìjẹ̀bú | Ìjẹ̀bú Òde | ewé |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ìjẹ̀bú | Rẹ́mọ | Ẹ̀pẹ́ | ewé |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ìjẹ̀bú | Rẹ́mọ | Ìkòròdú | ewé |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ìjẹ̀bú | Rẹ́mọ | Ṣágámù | ewé |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ìkálẹ̀ (Ùkálẹ̀) | Ìkálẹ̀ (Ùkálẹ̀) | Òkìtìpupa | ewé |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ìlàjẹ (Ùlàjẹ) | Ìlàjẹ (Ùlàjẹ) | Mahin | ewé |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Oǹdó | Oǹdó | Oǹdó | ewé |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ọ̀wọ̀ (Ọ̀ghọ̀) | Ọ̀wọ̀ (Ọ̀ghọ̀) | Ọ̀wọ̀ (Ọ̀ghọ̀) | ewé |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Usẹn | Usẹn | Usẹn | ewé |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Ìtsẹkírì | Ìtsẹkírì | Ìtsẹkírì | Ìwẹrẹ | iwé |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Olùkùmi | Olùkùmi | Olùkùmi | Ugbódù | éwéjin |
| Proto-Yoruba | Central Yoruba | Èkìtì | Èkìtì | Àdó Èkìtì | ewé |
| Proto-Yoruba | Central Yoruba | Èkìtì | Àkúrẹ́ | Àkúrẹ́ | ewé |
| Proto-Yoruba | Central Yoruba | Èkìtì | Mọ̀bà | Ọ̀tùn Èkìtì | ewé |
| Proto-Yoruba | Central Yoruba | Ifẹ̀ (Ufẹ̀) | Ifẹ̀ (Ufẹ̀) | Ilé Ifẹ̀ (Ulé Ufẹ̀) | ewé |
| Proto-Yoruba | Central Yoruba | Ìjẹ̀ṣà (Ùjẹ̀ṣà) | Ìjẹ̀ṣà (Ùjẹ̀ṣà) | Iléṣà (Uléṣà) | ewé |
| Proto-Yoruba | Central Yoruba | Òkè Igbó | Òkè Igbó | Òkè Igbó | ewé |
| Proto-Yoruba | Central Yoruba | Western Àkókó | Western Àkókó | Ọ̀gbàgì Àkókó | ewé |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Àwórì | Àwórì | Èbúté Mẹ́tà | ewé |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Ẹ̀gbá | Ẹ̀gbá | Abẹ́òkúta | ewé |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Ẹ̀gbádò | Ẹ̀gbádò | Ìjàká | ewé |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Èkó | Èkó | Èkó | ewé |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Ìbàdàn | Ìbàdàn | Ìbàdàn | ewé |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Ìbàràpá | Ìbàràpá | Igbó Òrà | ewé |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Ìbọ̀lọ́ | Ìbọ̀lọ́ | Òṣogbo (Òsogbo) | ewé |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Ìgbómìnà | Ìgbómìnà | Ìlá Ọ̀ràngún | ewé |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Ìgbómìnà | Ìgbómìnà | Ìfẹ́lódùn LGA | ewé |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Ìgbómìnà | Ìgbómìnà | Ìrẹ́pọ̀dùn LGA | ewé |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Ìgbómìnà | Ìgbómìnà | Ìsin LGA | ewé |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Ìlọrin | Ìlọrin | Ìlọrin | ewé |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Oǹkó | Oǹkó | Òtù | ewé |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Oǹkó | Oǹkó | Ìwéré Ilé | ewé |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Oǹkó | Oǹkó | Òkèhò | ewé |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Oǹkó | Oǹkó | Ìsẹ́yìn | ewé |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Oǹkó | Oǹkó | Ṣakí | ewé |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Oǹkó | Oǹkó | Tedé | ewé |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Oǹkó | Oǹkó | Ìgbẹ́tì | ewé |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Ọ̀yọ́ | Ọ̀yọ́ | Ọ̀yọ́ | ewé |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Standard Yorùbá | Standard Yorùbá | Nàìjíríà | ewé |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Standard Yorùbá | Standard Yorùbá | Bɛ̀nɛ̀ | ewé |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northeast Yoruba/Okun | Gbẹ̀dẹ̀ | Gbẹ̀dẹ̀ | Ìyá Gbẹ̀dẹ̀ | ewé |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northeast Yoruba/Okun | Ìbùnú | Ìbùnú | Bùnú | ewé |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northeast Yoruba/Okun | Ìjùmú | Ìjùmú | Ìjùmú | ewé |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northeast Yoruba/Okun | Ìkìrì | Ìkìrì | Akutupa Kiri | ewé |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northeast Yoruba/Okun | Ìyàgbà | Ìyàgbà | Ìsánlú Ìtẹ̀dó | ewé |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northeast Yoruba/Okun | Owé | Owé | Kabba | eghé |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northeast Yoruba/Okun | Ọ̀wọ́rọ̀ | Ọ̀wọ́rọ̀ | Lọ́kọ́ja | ewé |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ana | Ana | Sokode | ewé |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Cábɛ̀ɛ́ | Cábɛ̀ɛ́ | Cábɛ̀ɛ́ (Ìdàdú) | ewé |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Cábɛ̀ɛ́ | Cábɛ̀ɛ́ | Tchaourou | ewé |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ǹcà (Ìcà, Ìncà) | Ǹcà (Ìcà, Ìncà) | Baàtɛ | ewé |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ìdàácà | Benin | Igbó Ìdàácà (Dasa Zunmɛ̀) | ewé |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ọ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí-Ìjè | Ọ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí/Ìjè | Ìkpòbɛ́ | ewé |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ọ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí-Ìjè | Ọ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí/Ìjè | Onigbolo | ewé |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ọ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí-Ìjè | Kétu/Ànàgó | Kétu | ewé |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ifɛ̀ | Ifɛ̀ | Akpáré | ewé |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ifɛ̀ | Ifɛ̀ | Atakpamɛ | ewé |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ifɛ̀ | Ifɛ̀ | Boko | ewé |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ifɛ̀ | Ifɛ̀ | Est-Mono | ewé |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ifɛ̀ | Ifɛ̀ | Moretan | ewé |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ifɛ̀ | Ifɛ̀ | Tchetti (Tsɛti, Cɛti) | ewé |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Kura | Kura | Aledjo-Koura | íwé |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Kura | Kura | Awotébi | íwé |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Kura | Kura | Partago | íwé |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Mɔ̄kɔ́lé | Mɔ̄kɔ́lé | Kandi | wúwà |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Northern Nago | Northern Nago | Kambole | ewé |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Northern Nago | Northern Nago | 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

* eléwe
* ewé-iná (“Mucuna sloanei shrub, known for irritant hairs”)
* ewébẹ̀ (“herbs”)
* ewédò (“water plant, moss”)
* ewédú (“Corchorus olitorius shrub, also soup made from same plant”)
* ewékewé (“"any leaf"”)
* ewéko (“vegetable, plant”)

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /è.wē/

#### Noun

èwe
* adolescent, youth, young person

##### Derived terms

* ìgbà èwe (“childhood, adolescence”)

### Etymology 3
#### Alternative forms

* eè (Èkìtì)

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /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