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Yes. The word ewe is a Scrabble US word. The word ewe is worth 6 points in Scrabble:

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3-letter words (3 found)

EEW,EWE,WEE,

2-letter words (3 found)

EE,EW,WE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 7 words from ewe according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of ewe

ewe

Translingual

Symbol

ewe

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Ewe.

English

Etymology

From Middle English ewe, from Old English eowu, from Proto-West Germanic *awi, from Proto-Germanic *awiz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ówis (“sheep”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /juː/, /jʊ̯u/
  • (Southern US, archaic) IPA(key): /joʊ̯/
  • (Ireland) IPA(key): /joː/
  • Rhymes: -uː
  • Homophones: eau, u, yew, you; hew, hue, Hugh (h-dropping); yo (Ireland, archaic Southern US)

Noun

ewe (plural ewes)

  2. A female sheep, as opposed to a ram.
    Antonym: ram

Synonyms

  • yowe, yeo, yoe, yow (archaic, dialectal, Britain, Scotland)

Derived terms

Translations

See also

  • hog
  • ram
  • shearling
  • teg
  • wether

Anagrams

  • Wee, wee, WEE, eew

Chuukese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /eweɪ/

Article

ewe (plural ekkewe)

  1. the (singular)

Usage notes

When used with a possessive, the word used is we.

Finnish

Etymology

From Ewe Eʋe.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈewe/, [ˈe̞we̞]
  • Rhymes: -ewe
  • Syllabification(key): e‧we
  • Hyphenation(key): ewe

Noun

ewe

  1. Ewe (member of a West African ethnic group)
    ewe-kulttuuri / ewejen kulttuuri ― Ewe culture
    ewe-kansa ― Ewe people
    ewejen kieli ― Ewe language
  2. Ewe (language)
  3. (in the plural) the Ewe (ethnic group)

Declension

Derived terms

Mam

Adverb

ewe

  1. yesterday

Maori

Noun

ewe

  1. afterbirth
  2. womb

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch ēwa, from Proto-West Germanic *aiw.

Noun

êwe f

  1. era
  2. eternity
  3. moral law
  4. nature

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Alternative forms

  • êeu

Descendants

  • Dutch: eeuw
    • Afrikaans: eeu
  • Limburgish: ieuw

Further reading

  • “ewe”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “ewe”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

Middle English

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old English eowu, from Proto-West Germanic *awi, from Proto-Germanic *awiz.

Alternative forms

  • awe, eu, ouwe, yeue, yowe

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɛu̯(ə)/, /ˈjɔu̯(ə)/
  • Rhymes: -ɛu̯(ə)

Noun

ewe (plural ewen)

  1. ewe (female sheep)
Descendants
  • English: ewe
  • Scots: yowe, yhow
  • Yola: yowe
References

Etymology 2

Noun

ewe

  1. alternative form of ew

Middle High German

Alternative forms

  • ē

Etymology

Inherited from Old High German ēwa, akin to Old English ǣ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈeː.wə/

Noun

ēwe f

  1. law
  2. eternity
  3. marriage

Declension

Descendants

  • Alemannic German: Ee, E-e
  • German: Ehe

References

  • Benecke, Georg Friedrich, Müller, Wilhelm, Zarncke, Friedrich (1863) “êwe”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke, Stuttgart: S. Hirzel

Old French

Etymology 1

From Latin aqua (“water”).

Alternative forms

  • iaue, egua, euwe

Pronunciation

Noun

ewe oblique singular, f (oblique plural ewes, nominative singular ewe, nominative plural ewes)

  1. alternative form of iaue (“water”)
Related terms
  • ewer
  • sewiere

Etymology 2

From Latin equa

Alternative forms

  • ive, iewe

Noun

ewe oblique singular, f (oblique plural ewes, nominative singular ewe, nominative plural ewes)

  1. mare (adult female horse)

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

From Middle High German eben, from Old High German eban. Compare German eben, Dutch even, English even.

Adjective

ewe

  1. even
  2. level

Swedish

Etymology

From Ewe Eʋeawó (“Ewe people”).

Noun

ewe c

  1. Ewe (language)

Tocharian B

Alternative forms

  • iwe

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ewes- (“covering”), from *h₃ew- (“to put on clothes, shoes”). Cognate with Latin *uo (“to put on clothes”), Lithuanian auti (“to put on shoes”), etc.

Noun

ewe ?

  1. (anatomy) skin, hide
  2. leather

Further reading

  • Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “ewe”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, pages 103-104

Xhosa

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [eːwé]

Adverb

ewé

  1. yes

Yoruba

Etymology 1

Cognate with Itsekiri ìwé, perhaps also related to Edo èbé, Urhobo ẹbe, see Doublet of ìwé

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ē.wé/

Noun

ewé

  1. leaf, foliage
  2. The leaves of the plants Thaumatococcus daniellii and Megaphrynium macrostachyum, which are used in wrapping foods.
    Synonyms: ẹẹ́rà, ewé eéran, ewé iran
Synonyms
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /è.wē/

Noun

èwe

  1. adolescent, youth, young person
Derived terms
  • ìgbà èwe (“childhood, adolescence”)

Etymology 3

Alternative forms

  • eè (Èkìtì)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ē.wè/

Noun

ewè

  1. A common species of edible fungi, Termitomyces robustus
    Ọmọ Ọbalùú kò gbọ́dọ̀ jẹ ewè ― The subjects of the King (of the town of Ẹ̀fọ̀n) must never eat the ewe mushroom (The people of Ẹ̀fọ̀n regard it as a taboo to eat this specific species of mushroom)

Zazaki

Noun

ewe

  1. and

Source: wiktionary.org