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Webster 1913 Edition

Ewe

Ewe

(ū)
,
Noun.
[AS.
eówu
; akin to D.
ooi
, OHG.
awi
,
ouwi
, Icel.
ær
, Goth.
awēþi
a flock of sheep,
awistr
a sheepfold, Lith.
avis
a sheep, L.
ovis
, Gr.
ὄϊς
, Skr.
avi
. √231.]
(Zoöl.)
The female of the sheep, and of sheeplike animals.

Webster 1828 Edition

Ewe

EWE

,
Noun.
yu.
[L. ovis.] A female sheep; the female of the ovine race of animals.

Definition 2024

Ewe

Ewe

See also: ewe, -ewe, and éwé

English

Proper noun

Ewe

  1. An ethnic group who inhabit southeastern Ghana, Togo, and Benin.
  2. The Niger-Congo language, belonging to the Gbe family, spoken by these people.

Translations

Adjective

Ewe ‎(not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to the Ewe people or language.

Translations

See also

  • Wiktionary's coverage of Ewe terms

Anagrams

Dutch

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Ewe pl

  1. Ewe (ethnic group)

Proper noun

Ewe n

  1. Ewe (language)

Anagrams

ewe

ewe

See also: Ewe, -ewe, and éwé

English

Noun

ewe ‎(plural ewes or ewe)

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

Usage notes

  • Because of its pronunciation and despite its spelling, this word most commonly takes the indefinite article a rather than an.

Translations

See also

Anagrams

Chuukese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /eweɪ/

Article

ewe ‎(plural ekkewe)

  1. the (singular)

Usage notes

When used with a possessive, the word used is we.

Finnish

Noun

ewe

  1. Ewe (member of a West African ethnic group)
  2. Ewe (language)
  3. Used also adjectivally with a hyphen or in genitive plural
    ewe-kulttuuri; ewejen kulttuuri
    Ewe culture
    ewe-kansa
    Ewe people
    ewejen kieli
    Ewe language
  4. In plural (ewet), the Ewe (ethnic group)

Declension

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 — eweineen

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin aqua, from Proto-Italic *akʷā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ekʷeh₂ ‎(“water, flowing water”).

Noun

ewe f ‎(oblique plural ewes, nominative singular ewe, nominative plural ewes)

  1. water
    • (Can we date this quote?) 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.
    • circa 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
    • circa 1200, Marie de France, Guigemar:
      En bacins d'or ewe aporterent
      They brought water in basins made of gold

Swedish

Noun

ewe c

  1. Ewe (language)


This Swedish entry was created from the translations listed at Ewe. It may be less reliable than other entries, and may be missing parts of speech or additional senses. Please also see ewe in the Swedish Wiktionary. This notice will be removed when the entry is checked. (more information) April 2008

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈe.we/, /ˈe.ve/

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