ewe
FromMiddle Englishewe, fromOld Englisheowu, fromProto-West Germanic*awi, fromProto-Germanic*awiz, fromProto-Indo-European*h₂ówis(“sheep”).
See alsoOld Englishēow(“sheep”),West Frisianei,Dutchooi,GermanAue); alsoOld Irishoí,Latinovis,Tocharian Bā(ᵤ)w,Lithuanianavi̇̀s(“ewe”),Russianовца́(ovcá).
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ewe (pluralewes)
ewe (pluralekkewe)
When used with a possessive, the word used iswe.
ewe
| Inflection ofewe (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. | ||
ewe
ewe
FromOld Dutchēwa, fromProto-West Germanic*aiw.
êwe f
This noun needs aninflection-table template.
Inherited fromOld Englisheowu, fromProto-West Germanic*awi, fromProto-Germanic*awiz.
ewe (pluralewen)
ewe
Inherited fromOld High Germanēwa, akin toOld Englishǣ.
ēwe f
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eweoblique singular, f (oblique pluralewes,nominative singularewe,nominative pluralewes)
eweoblique singular, f (oblique pluralewes,nominative singularewe,nominative pluralewes)
FromMiddle High Germaneben, fromOld High Germaneban. CompareGermaneben,Dutcheven,Englisheven.
ewe
ewe c
Ultimately fromProto-Indo-European*h₃ewes-(“covering”), from*h₃ew-(“to put on clothes, shoes”). Cognate withLatin*uo(“to put on clothes”),Lithuanianauti(“to put on shoes”), etc.
ewe ?
(Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium.)
ewé
Cognate withItsekiriìwé, perhaps also related toEdoèbé,Urhoboẹbe, seeDoublet ofìwé
ewé
| Yoruba Varieties and Languages -ewé(“leaf”) | |||||
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| Language Family | Variety Group | Variety/Language | Subdialect | Location | Words |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ào | Ìdóàní | ewé | |
| EasternÀkókó | Ìkàrẹ́ | Ìkàrẹ́ Àkókó (Ùkàrẹ́) | ewé | ||
| Àkùngbá | Àkùngbá Àkókó | ewé | |||
| Ṣúpárè | Ṣúpárè Àkókó | ewé | |||
| Ìdànrè (Ùdànè, Ùdànrè) | Ìdànrè (Ùdànè, Ùdànrè) | ewé | |||
| Ìjẹ̀bú | Ìjẹ̀bú | Ìjẹ̀bú Òde | ewé | ||
| Rẹ́mọ | Ẹ̀pẹ́ | ewé | |||
| Ìkòròdú | ewé | ||||
| Ṣágámù | ewé | ||||
| Ìkálẹ̀ (Ùkálẹ̀) | Òkìtìpupa | ewé | |||
| Ìlàjẹ (Ùlàjẹ) | Mahin | ewé | |||
| Oǹdó | Oǹdó | ewé | |||
| Ọ̀wọ̀ (Ọ̀ghọ̀) | Ọ̀wọ̀ (Ọ̀ghọ̀) | ewé | |||
| Usẹn | Usẹn | ewé | |||
| Ìtsẹkírì | Ìwẹrẹ | iwé | |||
| Olùkùmi | Ugbódù | éwéjin | |||
| Proto-Yoruba | Central Yoruba | Èkìtì | Èkìtì | Àdó Èkìtì | ewé |
| Àkúrẹ́ | Àkúrẹ́ | ewé | |||
| Mọ̀bà | Ọ̀tùn Èkìtì | ewé | |||
| Ifẹ̀ (Ufẹ̀) | Ilé Ifẹ̀ (Ulé Ufẹ̀) | ewé | |||
| Ìjẹ̀ṣà (Ùjẹ̀ṣà) | Iléṣà (Uléṣà) | ewé | |||
| Òkè Igbó | Òkè Igbó | ewé | |||
| WesternÀkókó | Ọ̀gbàgì Àkókó | ewé | |||
| Northwest Yoruba | Àwórì | Èbúté Mẹ́tà | ewé | ||
| Ẹ̀gbá | Abẹ́òkúta | ewé | |||
| Ẹ̀gbádò | Ìjàká | ewé | |||
| Èkó | Èkó | ewé | |||
| Ìbàdàn | Ìbàdàn | ewé | |||
| Ìbàràpá | Igbó Òrà | ewé | |||
| Ìbọ̀lọ́ | Òṣogbo (Òsogbo) | ewé | |||
| Ìgbómìnà | Ìlá Ọ̀ràngún | ewé | |||
| Ìfẹ́lódùn LGA | ewé | ||||
| Ìrẹ́pọ̀dùn LGA | ewé | ||||
| Ìsin LGA | ewé | ||||
| Ìlọrin | Ìlọrin | ewé | |||
| Oǹkó | Òtù | ewé | |||
| Ìwéré Ilé | ewé | ||||
| Òkèhò | ewé | ||||
| Ìsẹ́yìn | ewé | ||||
| Ṣakí | ewé | ||||
| Tedé | ewé | ||||
| Ìgbẹ́tì | ewé | ||||
| Ọ̀yọ́ | Ọ̀yọ́ | ewé | |||
| StandardYorùbá | Nàìjíríà | ewé | |||
| Bɛ̀nɛ̀ | ewé | ||||
| Northeast Yoruba/Okun | Gbẹ̀dẹ̀ | Ìyá Gbẹ̀dẹ̀ | ewé | ||
| Ìbùnú | Bùnú | ewé | |||
| Ìjùmú | Ìjùmú | ewé | |||
| Ìkìrì | Akutupa Kiri | ewé | |||
| Ìyàgbà | Ìsánlú Ìtẹ̀dó | ewé | |||
| Owé | Kabba | eghé | |||
| Ọ̀wọ́rọ̀ | Lọ́kọ́ja | ewé | |||
| Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ana | Sokode | ewé | ||
| Cábɛ̀ɛ́ | Cábɛ̀ɛ́ (Ìdàdú) | ewé | |||
| Tchaourou | ewé | ||||
| Ǹcà (Ìcà, Ìncà) | Baàtɛ | ewé | |||
| Ìdàácà | Benin | Igbó Ìdàácà (Dasa Zunmɛ̀) | ewé | ||
| Ọ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí-Ìjè | Ọ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí/Ìjè | Ìkpòbɛ́ | ewé | ||
| Onigbolo | ewé | ||||
| Kétu/Ànàgó | Kétu | ewé | |||
| Ifɛ̀ | Akpáré | ewé | |||
| Atakpamɛ | ewé | ||||
| Boko | ewé | ||||
| Est-Mono | ewé | ||||
| Moretan | ewé | ||||
| Tchetti (Tsɛti, Cɛti) | ewé | ||||
| Kura | Aledjo-Koura | íwé | |||
| Awotébi | íwé | ||||
| Partago | íwé | ||||
| Mɔ̄kɔ́lé | Kandi | wúwà | |||
| Northern Nago | Kambole | ewé | |||
| Manigri | ewé | ||||
| 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. | |||||
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