ewe
TranslingualEdit
SymbolEdit
ewe
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
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 avìs (“ewe”).
PronunciationEdit
- IPA(key): /juː/, /juʊ̯/
Audio (UK) (file)
- (Southern American English, archaic) IPA(key): /joʊ̯/
- (Ireland) IPA(key): /joː/
- Rhymes: -uː
- Homophones: eau, u, yew, you (in almost all dialects)
- Homophone: yo (Ireland, archaic Southern US)
- Homophones: hew, hue, Hugh (in h-dropping dialects)
NounEdit
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.
SynonymsEdit
Derived termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
female sheep
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See alsoEdit
AnagramsEdit
ChuukeseEdit
PronunciationEdit
ArticleEdit
ewe (plural ekkewe)
- the (singular)
Usage notesEdit
When used with a possessive, the word used is we.
FinnishEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
ewe
- Ewe (member of a West African ethnic group)
- Ewe (language)
- Used also adjectivally with a hyphen or in genitive plural
- ewe-kulttuuri; ewejen kulttuuri
- Ewe culture
- ewe-kansa
- Ewe people
- ewejen kieli
- Ewe language
- ewe-kulttuuri; ewejen kulttuuri
- In plural (ewet), the Ewe (ethnic group)
DeclensionEdit
| 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 | ||
| instructive | — | ewein | ||
| abessive | ewettä | eweittä | ||
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | |||
MamEdit
AdverbEdit
ewe
MaoriEdit
NounEdit
Middle DutchEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Dutch ēwa, from Proto-West Germanic *aiw.
NounEdit
êwe f
InflectionEdit
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Alternative formsEdit
DescendantsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “ewe”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “ewe”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN
Middle EnglishEdit
Etymology 1Edit
Inherited from Old English eowu, from Proto-West Germanic *awi, from Proto-Germanic *awiz.
Alternative formsEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
ewe (plural ewen)
DescendantsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- ^ Dobson, E. J. (1957) English pronunciation 1500-1700[1], volume II: Phonology, second edition, 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)[2], The Hague: Mouton & Co. N.V., , § 108, page 127.
- ^ “eue, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-10.
Etymology 2Edit
NounEdit
ewe
- Alternative form of ew
Middle High GermanEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old High German ēwa, akin to Old English ǣ.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
ēwe ?
DescendantsEdit
Old FrenchEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
ewe f (oblique plural ewes, nominative singular ewe, nominative plural ewes)
- 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 termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
Pennsylvania GermanEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle High German eben, from Old High German eban. Compare German eben, Dutch even, English even.
AdjectiveEdit
ewe
SwedishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Ewe Eʋeawó (“Ewe people”).
NounEdit
ewe c
- Ewe (language)
Tocharian BEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
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.
NounEdit
ewe ?
Further readingEdit
- 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
XhosaEdit
EtymologyEdit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
PronunciationEdit
AdverbEdit
ewé
YorubaEdit
Etymology 1Edit
Cognate with Edo èbé, Urhobo ẹbe
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
ewé
- leaf, foliage
- The leaves of the plants Thaumatococcus daniellii and Megaphrynium macrostachyum, which are used in wrapping foods.
Derived termsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
èwe
- adolescent, youth, young person
Derived termsEdit
- ìgbà èwe (“childhood, adolescence”)
Etymology 3Edit
Alternative formsEdit
- eè (Èkìtì)
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
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)
ZazakiEdit
NounEdit
ewe