wies

• IPA^(key): /ˈwaɪz/
• Rhymes: -aɪz
• Homophones: wise, whys

wies

1. plural of wy
   • 1856, Goold Brown, The First Lines of English Grammar, page 10:

     These names […] may form regular plurals; thus, Aes, Bees, Cees, Dees, Ees, Effs, Gees, Aitches, Ies, Jays, Kays, Ells, Ems, Ens, Oes, Pees, Kues, Ars, Esses, Tees, Ues, Vees, Double-ues, Exes, Wies, Zees.

• Wise, Siew, -wise, WISE, wise

• IPA^(key): /vis/

wies

1. (Cape Afrikaans) alternative form of wees

• wieß (Ripuarian)
• weiß (Moselle Franconian)

From Middle High German wīz, from Old High German wīz, from Proto-West Germanic *hwīt, from Proto-Germanic *hwītaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱweytos (“bright; shine”).

Compare Limburgish wiet, Luxembourgish wäiss, German weiß, Dutch wit, English white.

• IPA^(key): [ʋis]

wies (partitive Wieses, comparative wieser, superlative 't wieste)

1. (Kirchröadsj) white, reflecting most or all light

   Antonym: zjwats

2. (Kirchröadsj) white, having a low amount of melanin in an organ, e.g. the skin

   Antonym: zjwats

3. (Kirchröadsj, figuratively) legal

   Antonym: zjwats

• Wies n
• Wiesbroeëd n
• Wiesjeld n
• Wiest n

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wies

1. singular past indicative of wassen

From Middle Low German wîs, from Old Saxon wīs, from Proto-Germanic *wīsaz.

• IPA^(key): /ʋiːs/

wies (comparative wiezer, superlative wiest)

1. wise
2. clever

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wies

1. first/third-person singular preterite of weisen

From Middle Low German wîs, from Old Saxon wīs, from Proto-Germanic *wīsaz.

• IPA^(key): /ʋiːs/

wies (comparative wieser, superlative wiesest)

1. wise
2. clever

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Derived from English waist, from Middle English wast (“waist”), probably from Old English *wæst, *wǣst, *weaxt, *wæhst, from Proto-West Germanic *wahstu, from Proto-Germanic *wahstuz (“growth, development, stature, build”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂weg-s- (“to multiply, increase”).

wies (plural wies dem, quantified wies)

1. (anatomy) waist (part of the body between the pelvis and the stomach)
   • 2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, 3:4:

     Nou a kluoz we mek outa Kyamil ier Jan did wier, an im did av wan leda belt roun im wies. An fi im fuud a did graasapa an oni we im get outa di dezot.

     Now, John wore clothes made out of camel's hair, and had a leather belt around his waist. And his food were grasshoppers and honey, which he found in the desert.

Derived from English waste.

wies

1. to waste, to squander
   • 2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Maak 14:4:

     Som a di ges dem get beks, an staat tu se tu dem wan aneda se, “Wa mek shi a wies da dier dier porfyuum de?

     There were some who said to themselves indignantly, "Why was the ointment wasted like that?

• Larry Chang (2014) Biesik Jumiekan: Introduction to Jamaican Language, Chuu Wod, →ISBN, page 234

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vь̀sь.

• IPA^(key): /ˈvjɛs/
• Rhymes: -ɛs
• Syllabification: wies

wies f (diminutive wioska, related adjective wiesczi or wsowi)

1. village (rural municipality)

• Stefan Ramułt (1893) “vjes”, in Słownik języka pomorskiego czyli kaszubskiego (in Kashubian), page 254
• Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “wieś”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎^[1], volume 2, page 1290
• “wies”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022