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Ewe en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ˈeɪ.weɪ/
  • /ˈeɪ.veɪ/
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Borrowed from Ewe Eʋe.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Of or pertaining to the Ewe people or language.

Forms

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Eʋe alternative lexicographic
Eve alternative lexicographic

Relateds

Wiktionary’s coverage of Ewe terms · Eweland

Translations (5)

cmn 埃維語的 /埃维语的 (pertaining to the Ewe people or language) · fi ewenkielinen (pertaining to the Ewe people or language) · nl Ewe- (pertaining to the Ewe people or language) · cmn 埃維人的 /埃维人的 (pertaining to the Ewe people or language) · fi ewe- (pertaining to the Ewe people or language)

Ewe en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈeɪ.weɪ/
  • /ˈeɪ.veɪ/
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Borrowed from Ewe Eʋe.

Meanings

  1. (plural, singular) An ethnic group who inhabit southeastern Ghana, Togo, and Benin.
    • A person from Ho, like all Ewes, attaches great importance to a friendly greeting. 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:
    • Among the Ewes, and equally among other language and ethnic groups in Ghana, names form an integral part of people’s identity. 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):
    • 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. 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:

Forms

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Ewes Number=Plur lexicographic
Eve alternative lexicographic
Eʋe alternative lexicographic

Translations (9)

ee Eʋeawo (ethnic group) · fi ewet (ethnic group) · cmn 埃維人 /埃维人 (ethnic group) · ja エウェ人 (ethnic group) · fr éwé (ethnic group) · nl Ewe (ethnic group) · fr Éwé (ethnic group) · cmn 埃維族 /埃维族 (ethnic group) · ee Eʋegbetɔwo (ethnic group)

Source: en.wiktionary, “Ewe” (noun), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Ewe en · PROPN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈeɪ.weɪ/
  • /ˈeɪ.veɪ/
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Borrowed from Ewe Eʋe.

Meanings

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

Forms

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Eve alternative lexicographic
Eʋe alternative lexicographic

Translations (16)

fr éoué (language) · cmn 埃維語 /埃维语 (language) · ak Ayigbe (language) · sv ewe (language) · fr éwé (language) · ga Éabhais (language) · fi ewe (language) · ee Eʋe (language) · uk еве (language) · mk еве (language) · ru эве (language) · tg эве (language) · ja エウェ語 (language) · nl Ewe (language) · be эве (language) · ee Eʋegbe (language)