ewe

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 ā(ᵤ)w, Lithuanian avìs (“ewe”)).

• IPA^(key): /juː/
• (Ireland) IPA^(key): /joː/
• Rhymes: -uː
• Homophones: eau, u, yew, you (in almost all dialects)
• Homophone: yo (Ireland)
• Homophones: hew, hue, Hugh (in h-dropping dialects)

ewe (plural ewes)

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

   Antonym: ram

   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), imprinted at London: By Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, 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.

• hog
• ram
• shearling
• teg
• wether

• eew, wee

• IPA^(key): /eweɪ/

ewe (plural ekkewe)

1. the (singular)

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

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)

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

êwe f

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

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

• êeu

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

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

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

• awe, ouwe, eu, yowe, yeue

• IPA^(key): /ˈiu̯(ə)/, /ˈjiu̯(ə)/
• Rhymes: -iu̯(ə)

ewe (plural ewen)

1. ewe (female sheep)

• Scots: yowe, yhow
• English: ewe

• “eue (n.(1))” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-10.

ewe

1. Alternative form of ew

• ē

From Proto-Germanic *aiwaz, akin to Old English ǣ.

• IPA^(key): /ˈeː.wə/

ēwe ?

1. law
2. eternity
3. marriage

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

• iaue, egua, euwe

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

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

1. 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.

   • 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

• Middle French: eau, eaue
  • French: eau

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

ewe

1. even
2. level

ewe c

1. Ewe (language)

ewe

1. skin, hide

ewe^?

1. yes