Ewe Definition

yo͝o
ewes
noun
A female sheep.
Webster's New World
A member of a people of Togo and parts of Ghana and Benin.
Webster's New World
The Kwa language of this people.
Webster's New World
pronoun

An ethnic group who inhabit southeastern Ghana, Togo, and Benin.

Wiktionary

The Niger-Congo language, belonging to the Gbe family, spoken by these people.

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adjective
Of or pertaining to the Ewe people or language.
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Other Word Forms of Ewe

Noun

Singular:
ewe
Plural:
ewes

Origin of Ewe

  • From Middle English, from Old English ēowu, from Proto-Germanic *awjōs, oblique form of *awiz (compare Old English eow ‘sheep’, West Frisian ei, Dutch ooi, German Aue), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ówis ‘sheep’ (compare Old Irish , Latin ovis, Tocharian B ā(u)w, Lithuanian avìs ‘ewe’).

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English from Old English ēwe, ēowu owi- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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