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.

Wiktionary
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 oí, 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

Ewe Sentence Examples

  • The ewe had more than she could feed.

  • Two lambs followed their mother as the ewe leaped from one ledge to another.

  • Among the Ewe a man who kills one is liable to be put to death; no leopard skin may be exposed to view, but a stuffed leopard is worshipped.

  • The period of gestation of a ewe is between 21 and 22 weeks, and the period of oestrum 24 hours.

  • If not settled the ewe comes back to the ram in from 13 to 18 (usually 16) days.

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