ewé
noun
/ē.wé/
Definitions
- leaf, foliage
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The leaves of the plants Thaumatococcus daniellii and Megaphrynium macrostachyum, which are used in wrapping foods.
Similar words
Etymology
Cognate with Itsekiri ìwé, perhaps also related to Edo èbé, Urhobo ẹbe, see Doublet of ìwé
Dialectal synonyms “leaf” 72 varieties
Southeast Yoruba
- Ìdóàní
- ewé
- Ìkàrẹ́ Àkókó (Ùkàrẹ́)
- ewé
- Àkùngbá Àkókó
- ewé
- Ṣúpárè Àkókó
- ewé
- Ìdànrè (Ùdànè, Ùdànrè)
- ewé
- Ìjẹ̀bú Òde
- ewé
- Ẹ̀pẹ́
- ewé
- Ìkòròdú
- ewé
- Ṣágámù
- ewé
- Òkìtìpupa
- ewé
- Mahin
- ewé
- Oǹdó
- ewé
- Ọ̀wọ̀ (Ọ̀ghọ̀)
- ewé
- Usẹn
- ewé
Ìtsẹkírì
- Ìwẹrẹ
- iwé
Olùkùmi
- Ugbódù
- éwéjin
Central Yoruba
- Àdó Èkìtì
- ewé
- Àkúrẹ́
- ewé
- Ọ̀tùn Èkìtì
- ewé
- Ilé Ifẹ̀ (Ulé Ufẹ̀)
- ewé
- Iléṣà (Uléṣà)
- ewé
- Òkè Igbó
- ewé
- Ọ̀gbàgì Àkókó
- ewé
Northwest Yoruba
- Èbúté Mẹ́tà
- ewé
- Abẹ́òkúta
- ewé
- Ìjàká
- ewé
- Èkó
- ewé
- Ìbàdàn
- ewé
- Igbó Òrà
- ewé
- Òṣogbo (Òsogbo)
- ewé
- Ìlá Ọ̀ràngún
- ewé
- Ìfẹ́lódùn LGA
- ewé
- Ìrẹ́pọ̀dùn LGA
- ewé
- Ìsin LGA
- ewé
- Ìlọrin
- ewé
- Òtù
- ewé
- Ìwéré Ilé
- ewé
- Òkèhò
- ewé
- Ìsẹ́yìn
- ewé
- Ṣakí
- ewé
- Tedé
- ewé
- Ìgbẹ́tì
- ewé
- Ọ̀yọ́
- ewé
- Nàìjíríà
- ewé
- Bɛ̀nɛ̀
- ewé
Northeast Yoruba/Okun
- Ìyá Gbẹ̀dẹ̀
- ewé
- Bùnú
- ewé
- Ìjùmú
- ewé
- Akutupa Kiri
- ewé
- Ìsánlú Ìtẹ̀dó
- ewé
- Kabba
- eghé
- Lọ́kọ́ja
- ewé
Ede languages/Southwest Yoruba
- Sokode
- ewé
- Cábɛ̀ɛ́ (Ìdàdú)
- ewé
- Tchaourou
- ewé
- Baàtɛ
- ewé
- Igbó Ìdàácà (Dasa Zunmɛ̀)
- ewé
- Ìkpòbɛ́
- ewé
- Onigbolo
- ewé
- Kétu
- ewé
- Akpáré
- ewé
- Atakpamɛ
- ewé
- Boko
- ewé
- Est-Mono
- ewé
- Moretan
- ewé
- Tchetti (Tsɛti, Cɛti)
- ewé
- Aledjo-Koura
- íwé
- Awotébi
- íwé
- Partago
- íwé
- Kandi
- wúwà
- Kambole
- ewé
- Manigri
- ewé
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ètenoun
“ète” lists “èwé” as a word built from it. No word here is spelled that way, so this page was matched to it by ignoring tone marks. It may be a misspelling, or “èwé” may be a word nobody has written up yet.
ète
plan, scheme, plot, strategy, purpose
plan, scheme, plot, strategy, purpose
Source: Wiktionary · etymology 1,
where this word is spelled “ewe”.
Reference:
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