ew

See also: EW and Ew

Alternative forms

eww, euw, ieuw, ehw

Etymology

Onomatopoeic, ideophonic. Compare oh, ugh.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /(iː)uː/, /iːu̯/
Audio (US): (file)
Rhymes: -uː

Interjection

ew (with as many extra ‘e’s and/or ‘w’s as needed for emphasis)

Expression of disgust or nausea.
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:yuck

Ew! There’s a fly in my soup.

Ew! This peanut butter tastes disgusting!

Derived terms

Related terms

pew

Translations

expression of disgust or nausea

Arabic: يَع (yaʕ)
Gulf Arabic: يع (yaʕ), ويع (wēʕ)

Hijazi Arabic: يِع (yiʕ)
Assamese: ছিঃ (sih)
Breton: ec'h (br)
Catalan: ecs (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 惡心 / 恶心 (zh) (ěxin), (strong, offensive) 呸 (zh) (pēi), 啐 (zh) (cuì), 哎呀 (zh) (āiyā), 哎 (zh) (āi), 唉 (zh) (ài)
Czech: fuj (cs)
Danish: uf, fy, øv
Dutch: bah (nl)
Esperanto: aĉ (eo)
Finnish: hyi (fi), yök (fi), yäk (fi), yh (fi)
French: beurk (fr)
German: igitt (de), pfui (de)
Greek: μπλιάχ (bliách)
Ancient: ψό (psó)
Hebrew: איכס (he) (ikhs), איכסה (he) (íkhsa), פוי (he) (fuy), פויה (he) (fuya)
Hindi: छी (hi) (chī)
Hungarian: fúj (hu)
Icelandic: oj (is)
Italian: bleah
Japanese: げ (ja) (ge), ゲ (ja) (ge), げっ (ge'), ゲッ (ge')
Lithuanian: fu, pfui
Navajo: ih
Norwegian: æsj (no), fysj
Persian: ایش (fa) (išš), پیف (fa) (pif)
Polish: fuj (pl), ble (pl)
Portuguese: credo (pt), eca (pt), que nojo!
Russian: фу (ru) (fu), тьфу (ru) (tʹfu), фе (ru) (fe), фи (ru) (fi) (aristocratic), бе (ru) (be), бр-р (ru) (br-r), буэ́ (ru) (bué)
Serbo-Croatian: fuj (sh), bljak
Spanish: guácala (es), puaj (es), puaf
Swedish: usch (sv), fy (sv), uäk, blä (sv)
Turkish: ıy (tr)
Ukrainian: фу (fu)
Vietnamese: êu (vi)
Welsh: ych a fi

Anagrams

WE, w/e, we

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**Kamviri cardinal numbers**
< 0	1	2 >
Cardinal : ew

**Kativiri cardinal numbers**
< 0	1	2 >
Cardinal : ew

Etymology

From Proto-Nuristani *eka, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Háykas, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁óykos.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ew/

Numeral

ew^[1]

one

References

[1]
Strand, Richard F. (2016) “′ev”, in Nûristânî Etymological Lexicon‎

Alternative forms

u, iw, iv, eev, hw, ewe

Etymology

From Old English īw, ēow, from Proto-West Germanic *īhu.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /iu̯/, /jiu̯/

Noun

ew

yew (Taxus baccata)
yew wood

Descendants

English: yew
Scots: yew, ewe
Yola: yew

References

“eu, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-10.

**Mokilese numbers ^(edit)**
	10
	1	2 →	10 →
General: ew Animate: emen Long objects: apas Pieces: ekij Serial counting number: oahd General ordinal: keiow Animate ordinal: keiow Long objects ordinal: keiow Pieces ordinal: keiow

Etymology

e- (“one”) +‎ -w (general numeral classifier)

Numeral

ew

the numeral one

Usage notes

Ew is the general form of the numeral one, used for general counting and to describe the number of inanimate objects that are not considered long or pieces of other nouns.

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Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /æw/

Pronoun

More information Central Kurdish, Southern Kurdish ...

Central Kurdish	ئەو (ew)
Southern Kurdish	ئەۊ (eẅ)

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ew (he) (she)

More information Central Kurdish, Southern Kurdish ...

Central Kurdish	ئەوان (ewan)
Southern Kurdish	ئەوان (ewan)

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ew (they)

ew (masculine oblique singular wî, feminine oblique singular wê, oblique plural wan)

he, she, it, they

Etymology

From Proto-Nuristani *eka, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Háykas, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁óykos.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈew/

Numeral

ew (Nisheigram)^[1]

one

References

[1]
Strand, Richard F. (2016) “ev”, in Nûristânî Etymological Lexicon‎

[NEL-1] [1]
Strand, Richard F. (2016) “′ev”, in Nûristânî Etymological Lexicon‎

[NEL-2] [1]
Strand, Richard F. (2016) “ev”, in Nûristânî Etymological Lexicon‎

[1]

[1]

	singular	plural
1st person	ez (æz)	em (æm)
2nd person	tu (tu)	hûn (huːn)
3rd person	ew (æw)	ew (æw)

ew

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Etymology

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Interjection

Derived terms

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Translations

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Alternative forms

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Noun

Descendants

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Etymology

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Usage notes

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Pronoun

See also

Etymology

Pronunciation

Numeral

References

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English

Kamkata-viri

Middle English

Mokilese

Northern Kurdish

Waigali