ewe

See also: Ewe, -ewe, and éwé

English

Etymology

From Middle English ewe, from Old English ēowu, from Proto-Germanic *awiz (compare Old English ēow (“sheep”), West Frisian ei, Dutch ooi, German Aue), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ówis (“sheep”) (compare Old Irish oí, Latin ovis, Tocharian B Tocharian B ā(ᵤ)w, Lithuanian avìs (“ewe”)).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /juː/
  • Rhymes: -uː
  • Homophones: u, yew, you (in all dialects)
  • Homophones: hew, hue (in h-dropping dialects)

Noun

ewe (plural ewes)

  1. A female sheep, as opposed to a ram.
    Antonym: ram
    • 1611, Bible (King James Version), Genesis 31:38:
      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.

Translations

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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

Middle Dutch

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Dutch ēwa, from Proto-Germanic *aiwaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyu- (“vital force”).

Noun

êwe f

  1. era
  2. eternity
  3. moral law
  4. nature

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

Further reading

  • “ewe”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • “ewe”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English ēowu, from Proto-Germanic *awiz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ówis.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈiu̯(ə)/, /ˈjiu̯(ə)/

Noun

ewe (plural ewen)

  1. ewe (female sheep)
Descendants
References

Etymology 2

Noun

ewe

  1. Alternative form of ew

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

Descendants

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

From Old High German eban. Compare German eben, Dutch even, English even.

Adjective

ewe

  1. even
  2. level

Swedish

Noun

ewe c

  1. Ewe (language)
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