"yowe" meaning in Scots

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Noun

IPA: [jʌu] Forms: yowes [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English ewe, from Old English eowu, from Proto-Germanic *awiz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ówis (“sheep”). Etymology templates: {{inh|sco|enm|ewe}} Middle English ewe, {{inh|sco|ang|eowu}} Old English eowu, {{inh|sco|gem-pro|*awiz}} Proto-Germanic *awiz, {{inh|sco|ine-pro|*h₂ówis|t=sheep}} Proto-Indo-European *h₂ówis (“sheep”) Head templates: {{head|sco|noun|||plural|yowes|||||cat2=|cat3=|head=}} yowe (plural yowes), {{sco-noun}} yowe (plural yowes)
  1. ewe (female sheep) Categories (lifeform): Female animals, Sheep Derived forms: fir-yowe (english: fir cone), great-yowe (english: ewe in lamb), yowie [diminutive] Coordinate_terms: tuip (english: ram)
    Sense id: en-yowe-sco-noun-UUuMCvrg Categories (other): Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries, Scots entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sco",
        "2": "ang",
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      },
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      },
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sco",
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      },
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      "name": "inh"
    }
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "yowes",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
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        "10": "",
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        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
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        "cat3": "",
        "head": ""
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  "lang_code": "sco",
  "pos": "noun",
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 5 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Scots entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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            "Gender",
            "All topics",
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            "Biology",
            "Psychology",
            "Sociology",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nature",
            "Sciences",
            "Social sciences",
            "Society"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "lifeform",
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          "name": "Sheep",
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            "Even-toed ungulates",
            "Agriculture",
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            "Mammals",
            "Applied sciences",
            "Lifeforms",
            "Vertebrates",
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Life",
            "Chordates",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nature"
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        {
          "english": "ram",
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        }
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        {
          "english": "fir cone",
          "word": "fir-yowe"
        },
        {
          "english": "ewe in lamb",
          "word": "great-yowe"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "diminutive"
          ],
          "word": "yowie"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "And there I had three score of ewes (sixty), / Alas, alas, alack! / Skipping on the beautiful knolls yonder, / And providing wool for me.",
          "ref": "1794, Robert Burns, The Highland Widow's Lament:",
          "text": "And there I had three score o' yowes, / Ochon, Ochon, Ochrie! / Skipping on yon bonie knowes, / And casting woo' to me.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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        "ewe (female sheep)"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "ewe",
          "ewe"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[jʌu]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "yowe"
}
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    {
      "english": "ram",
      "word": "tuip"
    }
  ],
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      "english": "fir cone",
      "word": "fir-yowe"
    },
    {
      "english": "ewe in lamb",
      "word": "great-yowe"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "diminutive"
      ],
      "word": "yowie"
    }
  ],
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      },
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sco",
        "2": "ang",
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      },
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      "name": "inh"
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      "args": {
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        "2": "gem-pro",
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      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sco",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*h₂ówis",
        "t": "sheep"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *h₂ówis (“sheep”)",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English ewe, from Old English eowu, from Proto-Germanic *awiz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ówis (“sheep”).",
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    {
      "form": "yowes",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sco",
        "10": "",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
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        "6": "yowes",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "cat2": "",
        "cat3": "",
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      },
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      "name": "head"
    },
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      "args": {},
      "expansion": "yowe (plural yowes)",
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  "pos": "noun",
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        "Pages with entries",
        "Scots entries with incorrect language header",
        "Scots lemmas",
        "Scots nouns",
        "Scots terms derived from Middle English",
        "Scots terms derived from Old English",
        "Scots terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
        "Scots terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Scots terms inherited from Middle English",
        "Scots terms inherited from Old English",
        "Scots terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
        "Scots terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Scots terms with quotations",
        "sco:Female animals",
        "sco:Sheep"
      ],
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        {
          "english": "And there I had three score of ewes (sixty), / Alas, alas, alack! / Skipping on the beautiful knolls yonder, / And providing wool for me.",
          "ref": "1794, Robert Burns, The Highland Widow's Lament:",
          "text": "And there I had three score o' yowes, / Ochon, Ochon, Ochrie! / Skipping on yon bonie knowes, / And casting woo' to me.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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        "ewe (female sheep)"
      ],
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        [
          "ewe",
          "ewe"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "[jʌu]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "yowe"
}

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