ewu

ewu

1. (Erzgebirgisch) somewhere

   Is muss doch ewu sei.

   It has to be somewhere.

• Hendrik Heidler: "Echtes Erzgebirgisch, Wuu de Hasen Hoosn haasn", P. 39

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.). Likely cognate with Proto-Yoruboid *eɓí, Yoruba ewúrẹ́, and Igala éwó

• IPA^(key): /é.wú/

ewu

1. goat (animal).

   isi ewu ― goat head

• iwú (Èkìtì)

From Proto-Yoruboid *i-ɓṹ, possibly cognate with Igala ímú.

• IPA^(key): /ē.wú/

ewú

1. gray hair

   Ẹ ó fọwọ́ pawú ― May you use your hand to rub gray hair (a prayer for old age)

From e- (“agent prefix”) +‎ wu (“to undergo or face serious danger”).

• IPA^(key): /ē.wū/

ewu

1. danger

   Synonyms: ìjàm̀bá, ìpọ́njú

   ewu ńlá wu wá ― We were faced with grave danger

• ẹ̀wù
• èù (Èkìtì)

• IPA^(key): /è.wù/

èwù

1. (Ekiti, Ifẹ) Alternative form of ẹ̀wù (“clothes”)

   Synonym: aṣọ

   Ọmọ amúkàrà sábẹ̀ èwù jẹ ― One who sneaks akara under their clothes to eat (oríkì of Adó-Èkìtì)

• IPA^(key): /ē.wú/

ewú

1. Gambian pouched rat

   Synonyms: ewúsà, páálí, òkété