Ewe

See also: ewe, -ewe, and éwé

English

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈeɪ.weɪ/, /ˈeɪ.veɪ/

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 (Āiwéizǔ), 埃維人, 埃维人 (Āiwéirén)

• Dutch: Ewe (nl) pl

• Ewe: Eʋeawo, Eʋegbetɔwo
• Finnish: ewet pl
• Japanese: エウェ人 (Ewejin)

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 (zh), 埃维语 (zh) (Āiwéiyǔ)

• Dutch: Ewe (nl) n
• Ewe: Eʋe, Eʋegbe
• Finnish: ewe (fi)

• Irish: Éabhais f
• Japanese: エウェ語 (ja) (Ewego)
• 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 (Āiwéirén de), (language) 埃維語的 (zh), 埃维语的 (zh) (Āiwéiyǔ de)

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

See also

• Eweland
• Wiktionary’s coverage of Ewe terms

Further reading

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

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