英和和英

語源

From Ewe Eʋe.

発音

• IPA^(key): /ˈeɪ.weɪ/, /ˈeɪ.veɪ/

名詞

Ewe pl or sg (複数形 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, volume 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, and Mary Esther Kropp Dakubu, transl.; Komla Amoaku, editor, 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 and Adams Bodomo, editors, The Routledge Handbook of African Linguistics, Routledge, →ISBN, part IV (Language かつ society: theory かつ practice):

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

固有名詞

Ewe

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

形容詞

Ewe (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to the Ewe people or language.

参考

• 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 ⁠

アナグラム

• eew, wee