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Ewe Definition

ewe

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English

Etymology

Old English ēowu, feminine of eow 'sheep', from Proto-Germanic *awiz (compare West Frisian ei 'ewe', Dutch ooi 'id.', Old High German ouwi 'sheep'), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ówis 'sheep' (compare Hittite ḫau̯i, Old Irish ói, Latin ovis, Tocharian B ā(u)w, Lithuanian avìs 'ewe', Old Church Slavonic овьнъ (ovĭnŭ) 'ram', овьца (ovĭca) 'ewe; sheep', Ancient Greek ὄϊς (óïs), Sanskrit अवि (ávi)).

Pronunciation

Noun

ewe (plural ewes)

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

Usage notes

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Anagrams

Trivia

Because of its pronunciation, ewe and its homophone you form one of only two homophone pairs in modern English that share no letters in their spelling in common. The other pair is 'I' and "eye", with "aye" also for some dialects.

Anglo-Norman

Etymology

Old French eve, Latin aqua.

Noun

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

  1. water
    • 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. (Holkham Bible)
    • circa 1250, Marie de France, Guigemar
      En bacins d'or ewe aporterent
      They brought water in basins made of gold

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

Declension of ewe (type valo)
singular plural
nominative ewe ewet
genitive ewen ewejen
partitive eweä ewejä
accusative ewe ewen ewet
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

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

 

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