different between ewe vs hewe

English

Etymology

From Middle English ewe, from Old English ?owu, from Proto-Germanic *awiz (compare Old English ?ow (“sheep”), West Frisian ei, Dutch ooi, German Aue), from Proto-Indo-European *h?ówis (“sheep”) (compare Old Irish oí, Latin ovis, Tocharian B ?(?)w, Lithuanian avìs (“ewe”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ju?/
• (Ireland) IPA^(key): /jo?/
• Rhymes: -u?
• Homophones: eau, u, yew, you (in almost all dialects)
• Homophone: yo (Ireland)
• Homophones: hew, hue, Hugh (in h-dropping dialects)

Noun

ewe (plural ewes)

1. A female sheep, as opposed to a ram.

   Antonym: ram

Synonyms

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

Translations

See also

• hog
• ram
• shearling
• teg
• wether

Anagrams

• eew, wee

Chuukese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ewe?/

Article

ewe (plural ekkewe)

1. the (singular)

Usage notes

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

Finnish

Noun

ewe

1. Ewe (member of a West African ethnic group)
2. Ewe (language)
3. Used also adjectivally with a hyphen or in genitive plural

   ewe-kulttuuri; ewejen kulttuuri

   Ewe culture

   ewe-kansa

   Ewe people

   ewejen kieli

   Ewe language

4. In plural (ewet), the Ewe (ethnic group)

Declension

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch ?wa, from Proto-Germanic *aiwaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h?eyu- (“vital force”).

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

From Old English ?owu, from Proto-Germanic *awiz, from Proto-Indo-European *h?ówis.

Alternative forms

• awe, ouwe, eu, yowe, yeue

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?iu?(?)/, /?jiu?(?)/
• Rhymes: -iu?(?)

Noun

ewe (plural ewen)

1. ewe (female sheep)

Descendants

• English: ewe
• Scots: yowe, yhow

References

• “eue, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-10.

Etymology 2

Noun

ewe

1. Alternative form of ew

Middle High German

Alternative forms

• ?

Etymology

From Old High German ?wa, akin to Old English ?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?e?.w?/

Noun

?we ?

1. law
2. eternity
3. marriage

Descendants

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

Old French

Alternative forms

• iaue, egua, euwe

Etymology

From Latin aqua, from Proto-Italic *ak??, from Proto-Indo-European *h?ek?eh? (“water, flowing water”).

Noun

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

1. water

Descendants

• Middle French: eau, eaue
  • French: eau

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 E?eawó (“Ewe people”)

Noun

ewe c

1. Ewe (language)

Tocharian B

Noun

ewe ?

1. skin, hide

Xhosa

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [e?wé]

Adverb

ewé

1. yes

English

Etymology

From Middle English hewe, from Old English h?wa (“member of a family”), from Proto-Germanic *h?wô (“relative, fellow-lodger, family”), from Proto-Indo-European *?ey- (“to lie with, store, be familiar”). More at hind.

Noun

hewe (plural hewes)

1. (obsolete) A domestic; a servant or retainer.

Anagrams

• whee

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English h?wa, from Proto-Germanic *h?wô.

Alternative forms

• heue, hiue, hywe, heowe

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hiu?(?)/

  Rhymes: -iu?(?)

Noun

hewe (plural hewes or hewen)

1. servant, hireling
2. rascal, villein

Descendants

• English: hewe

References

• “heue, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-30.

Etymology 2

From Old English h?ew, from Proto-Germanic *hiwj?.

Alternative forms

• hew, heu, hu?e, hiwe, hwe, hue, hu, hyw, heow, hou, heou, howe, heowe, heouwe

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hiu?/

  Rhymes: -iu?

Noun

hewe (plural hewes or hewen)

1. hue (tone, color)
   • 14^th Century, Chaucer, General Prologue

     Boold was hir face, and fair, and reed of hewe.

     Bold was her face, and fair, and red of hue.

2. brightness, clarity (of a color)
3. paint, dye
4. complexion, appearance, look
5. expression, demeanour

Descendants

• English: hue
• Scots: hew, hu, hue

References

• “heu, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-30.

See also

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

Compare German heben, Dutch heffen, English heave.

Verb

hewe

1. to hold
2. to lift