Ewe

See also: ewe, -ewe, and éwé

English

Alternative forms

• Eve, Eʋe

Etymology

From Ewe Eʋe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈeɪ.weɪ/, /ˈeɪ.veɪ/

Noun

Ewe pl or sg (plural Ewes)

1. An ethnic group who inhabit southeastern Ghana, Togo, and Benin.
   • 2002, James Minahan, “Ewes”, in Encyclopedia of the Stateless Nations: Ethnic and National Groups Around the World, volumes II (D–K), Westport, Conn., London: Greenwood Press, →ISBN, page 590:

     Most Ewes are farmers or fishermen, although a growing number are urban dwellers living in Accra, Lomé, and other cities. The Ewes are a patrilineal people, with inheritance passing from father to son.

   • 2011, Jakob Spieth, “[The HO – Tribe] Economic Life”, in Emmanuel F. Tsaku, Marcellinus Edorh, Raphael Avornyo, Mary Esther Kropp Dakubu, transl., edited by Komla Amoaku, The Ewe People: A Study of the Ewe People in German Togo, Legon, Accra, Ghana: Sub-Saharan Publishers, →ISBN, page 289:

     A person from Ho, like all Ewes, attaches great importance to a friendly greeting.

   • 2018, Elvis Yevudey, “The representation of African languages and cultures on social media: a case of Ewe in Ghana”, in Augustine Agwuele, Adams Bodomo, editors, The Routledge Handbook of African Linguistics, Routledge, →ISBN, part IV (Language and society: theory and practice):

     Among the Ewes, and equally among other language and ethnic groups in Ghana, names form an integral part of people’s identity.

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／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／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

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Ewe pl

1. Ewe (ethnic group)

Proper noun

Ewe n

1. Ewe (language)

Anagrams

• wee