Ewe - Wiktionary

See also: Ewe, EWE, -ewe, and éwé

Translingual

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Etymology

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From English Ewe.

Symbol

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ewe

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

See also

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  • Wiktionary’s coverage of Ewe terms

English

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English Wikipedia has an article on:SheepWikipedia
A ewe

Etymology

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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 , Latin ovis, Tocharian B ā(ᵤ)w, Lithuanian avi̇̀s (ewe), Russian овца́ (ovcá).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /juː/, /jʊ̯u/
    • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • (Southern US, archaic) IPA(key): /joʊ̯/
  • (Ireland) IPA(key): /joː/
  • Rhymes: -uː
  • Homophones: eau, u, yew, you; hew, hue, Hugh (h-dropping); yo (Ireland, archaic Southern US)

Noun

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ewe (plural ewes)

  1. 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

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

Derived terms

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

Translations

[edit] female sheep
  • Afrikaans: skaapooi (af)
  • Albanian: dele (sq), delme (sq)
  • Arabic: نَعْجَة f (naʕja) Egyptian Arabic: نعجة f (naʕga)
  • Armenian: մաքի (hy) (makʻi)
  • Aromanian: oai (roa-rup) f
  • Asturian: oveya (ast)
  • Belarusian: аве́чка f (avjéčka)
  • Breton: dañvadez (br) f
  • Bulgarian: овца́ (bg) f (ovcá)
  • Burmese: သိုးမ (my) (sui:ma.)
  • Catalan: ovella (ca) f
  • Chechen: жий (žii)
  • Chinese: Dungan: муён (mui͡on) Mandarin: 母羊 (zh) (mǔyáng),  (zh) (zāng)
  • Cornish: davas f
  • Czech: ovce (cs) f
  • Danish: moderfår, hunfår c
  • Dutch: ooi (nl) f
  • Esperanto: ŝafino
  • Ewe: alẽnɔ
  • Faroese: ær f
  • Finnish: uuhi (fi), lammas (fi)
  • French: brebis (fr) f
  • Galician: ovella (gl) f
  • Georgian: ცხვარი (cxvari)
  • German: Schaf (de) n, weibliches Schaf n (for clarity), Mutterschaf (de) n (chiefly when with young), Zibbe (de) f (regional), Aue (de) f Alemannic German: Au f
  • Greek: προβατίνα (el) f (provatína), αρνάδα (el) f (arnáda), αμνάδα (el) f (amnáda) Ancient Greek: ἀμνάς f (amnás)
  • Greenlandic: sava piaqqiortoq
  • Hebrew: רחל \ רָחֵל (he) f (rakhél)
  • Hindi: भेड़ (hi) f (bheṛ)
  • Hungarian: anyajuh (hu)
  • Icelandic: ær (is) f
  • Ingrian: uto
  • Irish: caora (ga) f, fóisc f (yearling), athchaora f (two-year-old), athfhóisc f (two-year-old)
  • Italian: pecora (it) f
  • Japanese: 牝羊 (めひつじ, mehitsuji), 雌羊 (めひつじ, mehitsuji)
  • Kashmiri: گٔب (gạb)
  • Korean: 암양 (ko) (amyang)
  • Kurdish: Central Kurdish: مەڕ (ckb) (merr) Northern Kurdish:  (ku), mîh (ku) Southern Kurdish: میە (mye)
  • Ladino: oveja
  • Latin: ovis (la) f
  • Latvian: avs (lv) f
  • Low German: Au f
  • Macedonian: овца (mk) f (ovca)
  • Māori: uwha hipi, kātua hipi
  • Navajo: dibétsaʼii
  • Norman: brébis f (Jersey)
  • Norwegian: Bokmål: søye m or f Nynorsk: søye f
  • Nǀuu: gǂaru
  • Old Church Slavonic: Cyrillic: овьца f (ovĭca) Glagolitic: ⱁⰲⱐⱌⰰ f (ovĭca)
  • Old English: eowu f
  • Persian: میش (fa) (miš)
  • Polish: owca (pl) f
  • Portuguese: ovelha (pt) f
  • Romani: bakri f
  • Romanian: oaie (ro) f, oiță (ro) f
  • Russian: овца́ (ru) f (ovcá), я́рка (ru) f (járka)
  • Scots: yowe
  • Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: о́вца f Latin: óvca (sh) f
  • Slovak: ovca (sk) f
  • Slovene: ovca (sl) f
  • Somali: lax (so)
  • Spanish: oveja (es) f, oveja madre f Old Spanish: oueja
  • Sumerian: 𒁱 (DARA4)
  • Swedish: tacka (sv) c
  • Tarifit: tixsi f
  • Telugu: మేషి (te) (mēṣi), ఆడగొర్రె (te) (āḍagorre)
  • Tigrinya: ሽበን (šəbän)
  • Tocharian B: awi
  • Turkish: anaç koyun
  • Ugaritic: 𐎘𐎀𐎚 (ṯảt)
  • Ukrainian: вівця́ (uk) f (vivcjá)
  • Uzbek: sovliq (uz)
  • Vietnamese: cừu cái
  • Volapük: jijip (vo)
  • Wolof: xar mu jigéen
  • Zazaki: miy f, misna f

See also

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  • hog
  • ram
  • shearling
  • teg
  • wether

Anagrams

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  • Wee, wee, WEE, eew

Chuukese

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /eweɪ/

Article

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ewe (plural ekkewe)

  1. the (singular)

Usage notes

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

Finnish

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Etymology

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From Ewe Eʋe.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈewe/, [ˈe̞we̞]
  • Rhymes: -ewe
  • Syllabification(key): e‧we
  • Hyphenation(key): ewe

Noun

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ewe

  1. Ewe (member of a West African ethnic group) ewe-kulttuuri / ewejen kulttuuriEwe culture ewe-kansaEwe people ewejen kieliEwe language
  2. Ewe (language)
  3. (in the plural) the Ewe (ethnic group)

Declension

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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
abessive ewettä eweittä
instructive ewein
comitative See the possessive forms below.
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 eweääneweänsä ewejäänewejänsä
inessive ewessäänewessänsä eweissääneweissänsä
elative ewestäänewestänsä eweistääneweistänsä
illative eweensä eweihinsä
adessive ewelläänewellänsä eweillääneweillänsä
ablative eweltääneweltänsä eweiltääneweiltänsä
allative ewelleenewellensä eweilleeneweillensä
essive ewenäänewenänsä eweinääneweinänsä
translative ewekseeneweksensä eweikseeneweiksensä
abessive ewettäänewettänsä eweittääneweittänsä
instructive
comitative eweineeneweinensä

Derived terms

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  • ewe-kansa

Mam

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Adverb

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ewe

  1. yesterday

Māori

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Etymology

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Cognates include Hawaiian ewe and Tahitian eve.

Noun

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ewe

  1. afterbirth, placenta
  2. womb

Middle Dutch

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Etymology

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

Noun

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êwe f or m

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

Inflection

[edit] Weak feminine noun
singular plural
nominative êwe êwen
accusative êwe êwen
genitive êwe, êwen êwen
dative êwe, êwen êwen
Weak masculine noun
singular plural
nominative êwe êwen
accusative êwe êwen
genitive êwen êwen
dative êwe êwen

Alternative forms

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  • êeu

Descendants

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  • Dutch: eeuw
    • Afrikaans: eeu
  • Limburgish: ieuw

Further reading

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  • “ewe”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “ewe”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

Middle English

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Old English eowu, from Proto-West Germanic *awi, from Proto-Germanic *awiz.

Alternative forms

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  • awe, eu, ouwe, yeue, yowe
  • ȝou, ȝow, yhow (Early Scots)

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɛu̯(ə)/, /ˈjɔu̯(ə)/[1][2]
  • Rhymes: -ɛu̯(ə)

Noun

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ewe (plural ewes or ewen)

  1. ewe (female sheep)[3]
Descendants
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  • English: ewe
  • Middle Scots: ȝow, ȝoue, ȝowe, yow, ȝew, yew, yoaw, yeowe (late), ȝown, ȝeown (a reinterpretation of Middle English ewen (ewes) as a singular)
    • Scots: yowe
  • Yola: yowe
References
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  1. ^ Dobson, E[ric] J. (1957), English pronunciation 1500-1700‎[1], second edition, volume II: Phonology, Oxford: Clarendon Press, published 1968, →OCLC, § 244, page 799.
  2. ^ Jordan, Richard (1974),  Eugene Crook, transl., Handbook of the Middle English Grammar: Phonology (Janua Linguarum. Series Practica; 218)‎[2], The Hague: Mouton & Co. N.V., →DOI, § 108, page 127.
  3. ^ “eue, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 10 April 2018.

Etymology 2

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Noun

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ewe

  1. alternative form of ew

Middle High German

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Alternative forms

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  • ē

Etymology

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Inherited from Old High German ēwa, akin to Old English ǣ.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈeː.wə/

Noun

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ēwe f

  1. law
  2. eternity
  3. marriage

Declension

[edit] Declension of ēwe (strong feminine in -e)
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein diu ēwe die ēwe
genitive einer dër ēwe dër ēwen
dative einer dër ēwe dën ēwen
accusative eine die ēwe die ēwe

Descendants

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  • Alemannic German: Ee, E-e
  • German: Ehe

References

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  • Benecke, Georg Friedrich; Müller, Wilhelm; Zarncke, Friedrich (1863), “êwe”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke, Stuttgart: S. Hirzel

Old French

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Etymology 1

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From Latin aqua (water).

Alternative forms

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  • iaue, egua, euwe

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

  1. alternative form of iaue (water)
    • a. 1350, Holkham Bible:E caunt ele estoyt de tut chargéLa 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
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  • ewer
  • sewiere

Etymology 2

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From Latin equa

Alternative forms

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  • ive, iewe

Noun

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

  1. mare (adult female horse)

Pennsylvania German

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Etymology

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

Adjective

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ewe

  1. even
  2. level

Swedish

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Etymology

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From Ewe Eʋeawó (Ewe people).

Noun

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ewe c

  1. Ewe (language)

Tocharian B

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Alternative forms

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  • iwe

Etymology

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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

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ewe ?

  1. (anatomy) skin, hide
  2. leather

Further reading

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  • 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

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [eːwé]

Adverb

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ewé

  1. yes

Yoruba

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Etymology 1

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Cognate with Itsekiri ìwé, perhaps also related to Edo èbé, Urhobo ẹbe, see Doublet of ìwé

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ē.wé/

Noun

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ewé

  1. leaf, foliage
  2. The leaves of the plants Thaumatococcus daniellii and Megaphrynium macrostachyum, which are used in wrapping foods. Synonyms: ẹẹ́rà, ewé eéran, ewé iran
Synonyms
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Yoruba varieties and languages: ewé (leaf)
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Language familyVariety groupVariety/languageSubdialectLocationWords
Proto-Itsekiri-SEYSoutheast YorubaÀoewé
Ìdóàníewé
Eastern Àkókóewé
Ìkàrẹ́Ìkàrẹ́ Àkókó (Ùkàrẹ́)ewé
ÀkùngbáÀkùngbá Àkókóewé
ṢúpárèṢúpárè Àkókóewé
Ìdànrè (Ùdànè, Ùdànrè)ewé
Ìdànrè (Ùdànè, Ùdànrè)ewé
Ìjẹ̀búewé
Ìjẹ̀búÌjẹ̀bú Òdeewé
Rẹ́mọẸ̀pẹ́ewé
Ìkòròdúewé
Ṣágámùewé
Ìkálẹ̀ (Ùkálẹ̀)ewé
Òkìtìpupaewé
Ìlàjẹ (Ùlàjẹ)ewé
Mahinewé
Oǹdóewé
Oǹdóewé
Ọ̀wọ̀ (Ọ̀ghọ̀)ewé
Ọ̀wọ̀ (Ọ̀ghọ̀)ewé
Usẹnewé
Usẹnewé
Ìtsẹkírìiwé
Ìwẹrẹiwé
Olùkùmiéwéjin
Ugbódùéwéjin
Proto-YorubaCentral YorubaÈkìtìÈkìtìÀdó Èkìtìewé
Àkúrẹ́Àkúrẹ́ewé
Mọ̀bàỌ̀tùn Èkìtìewé
Ifẹ̀ (Ufẹ̀)ewé
Ilé Ifẹ̀ (Ulé Ufẹ̀)ewé
Ìjẹ̀ṣà (Ùjẹ̀ṣà)ewé
Iléṣà (Uléṣà)ewé
Òkè Igbóewé
Òkè Igbóewé
Western Àkókóewé
Ọ̀gbàgì Àkókóewé
Northwest YorubaÀwórìewé
Èbúté Mẹ́tàewé
Ẹ̀gbáewé
Abẹ́òkútaewé
Ẹ̀gbádòÌjàkáewé
Èkóewé
Èkóewé
Ìbàdànewé
Ìbàdànewé
Ìbàràpáewé
Igbó Òràewé
Ìbọ̀lọ́ewé
Òṣogbo (Òsogbo)ewé
Ìgbómìnàewé
Ìlá Ọ̀ràngúnewé
Ìfẹ́lódùn LGAewé
Ìrẹ́pọ̀dùn LGAewé
Ìsin LGAewé
Ìlọrinewé
Ìlọrinewé
OǹkóÒtùewé
Ìwéré Iléewé
Òkèhòewé
Ìsẹ́yìnewé
Ṣakíewé
Tedéewé
Ìgbẹ́tìewé
Ọ̀yọ́ewé
Ọ̀yọ́ewé
Standard YorùbáNàìjíríàewé
Bɛ̀nɛ̀ewé
Northeast Yoruba/OkunGbẹ̀dẹ̀ewé
Ìyá Gbẹ̀dẹ̀ewé
Ìbùnúewé
Bùnúewé
Ìjùmúewé
Ìjùmúewé
Ìkìrìewé
Akutupa Kiriewé
Ìyàgbàewé
Ìsánlú Ìtẹ̀dóewé
Owéeghé
Kabbaeghé
Ọ̀wọ́rọ̀ewé
Lọ́kọ́jaewé
Ede languages/Southwest YorubaAnaewé
Sokodeewé
Cábɛ̀ɛ́Cábɛ̀ɛ́ (Ìdàdú)ewé
Tchaourouewé
Ǹcà (Ìcà, Ìncà)ewé
Baàtɛewé
Ìdàácàewé
BeninIgbó Ìdàácà (Dasa Zunmɛ̀)ewé
Ọ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí-ÌjèỌ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí/ÌjèÌkpòbɛ́ewé
Onigboloewé
Kétu/ÀnàgóKétuewé
Ifɛ̀Akpáréewé
Atakpamɛewé
Bokoewé
Est-Monoewé
Moretanewé
Tchetti (Tsɛti, Cɛti)ewé
Kuraíwé
Aledjo-Kouraíwé
Awotébiíwé
Partagoíwé
Mɔ̄kɔ́léwúwà
Kandiwúwà
Northern NagoKamboleewé
Manigriewé
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
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  • 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

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /è.wē/

Noun

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èwe

  1. adolescent, youth, young person
Derived terms
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  • ìgbà èwe (childhood, adolescence)

Etymology 3

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Alternative forms

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  • (Èkìtì)

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ē.wè/

Noun

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ewè

  1. A common species of edible fungi, Termitomyces robustus Ọmọ Ọbalùú kò gbọ́dọ̀ jẹ ewèThe 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

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