Definitions for eweˈeɪ veɪ, ˈeɪ weɪ

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

eweyu; Dial. yoʊ(n.)

a female sheep, esp. when fully mature.
Category: Animal Husbandry

Origin of ewe:

bef. 1000; ME; OE ēowu, ēwe; c. OHG ou, ouwi, L ovis, Gk óïs, oîs

E•weˈeɪ veɪ, ˈeɪ weɪ(n.)(pl.)-wes; -we.

a member of an African people of S Togo and SE Ghana. the Kwa language of this people.
Category: Peoples
a member of any of a group of African peoples, including the Ewe and the Fon. the Kwa languages of these peoples.
Category: Peoples

Princeton's WordNet

Ewe(noun)
a member of a people living in southern Benin and Togo and southeastern Ghana
Ewe(noun)
a Kwa language spoken by the Ewe in Ghana and Togo and Benin
ewe(noun)
female sheep

Wiktionary

ewe(Noun)
A female sheep, as opposed to a ram.
Ewe(Adjective)
Of or pertaining to the Ewe people or language.
Ewe(ProperNoun)
An ethnic group who inhabit southeastern Ghana, Togo and Benin.
Ewe(ProperNoun)
The Niger-Congo language, belonging to the Gbe family, spoken by these people.

Origin: from eowu, from awjōs, oblique form of (compare Old English eow ‘sheep’), from h₂ówis ‘sheep’ (compare oí, ovis, Tocharian B aw, avis ‘ewe’).