ETYM AS. eówu; akin to Dutch ooi, Old High Germ. awi, ouwi, Icel. aer, Goth. awęthi a flock of sheep, awistr a sheepfold, Lith. avis a sheep, Latin ovis, Greek ois, Skr. avi.
(Homonym: yew, you).
Female sheep.

A Kwa language spoken by the Ewe people in Ghana and Togo and Benin.
Member of a group of people inhabiting Ghana and Togo, and numbering about 2.5 million. The Ewe live by fishing and farming, and practice an animist religion. Their language belongs to the Kwa branch of the Niger-Congo family.