Ewe

See also: ewe, -ewe, and éwé

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈe.we/, /ˈe.ve/

Noun

Ewe pl (plural only)

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

Translations

ethnic group

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 埃維族, 埃维族 (Aīwéizǔ), 埃維人, 埃维人 (Aīwéirén)

• Dutch: Ewe (nl) pl

• Ewe: Eʋeawo, Eʋegbetɔwo
• Finnish: ewet pl

Proper noun

Ewe

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

Translations

language

• Akan: Ayigbe
• Belarusian: эве (evje)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 埃維語, 埃维语 (Aīwéiyǔ)

• Dutch: Ewe (nl) n
• Ewe: Eʋe, Eʋegbe

• Finnish: ewe (fi)
• Macedonian: еве (eve)
• Russian: эве (ru) (eve)
• Swedish: ewe (sv) c
• Tajik: эве (eve)
• Ukrainian: еве (eve)

Adjective

Ewe (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to the Ewe people or language.

Translations

pertaining to the Ewe people or language

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: (people) 埃維人的, 埃维人的 (Aīwéirén de), (language) 埃維語的, 埃维语的 (Aīwéiyǔ de)

• Dutch: Ewe- (nl)
• Finnish: ewe- (fi); ewejen (fi) (genitive of noun), ewe-kansan (genitive of noun); ewenkielinen (of language)

See also

• Wiktionary's coverage of Ewe terms

Further reading

• ISO 639-1 code ee, ISO 639-3 code ewe
• Ethnologue entry for Ewe, ee

Anagrams

• eew, wee

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Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Ewe pl

1. Ewe (ethnic group)

Proper noun

Ewe n

1. Ewe (language)

Anagrams

• wee