# wies
## English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈwaɪz/
* Rhymes: -aɪz
* Homophones: wise, whys

### Noun

wies
* 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.

### Anagrams

* Wise, Siew, -wise, WISE, wise

## Afrikaans
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /vis/

### Verb

wies
* (Cape Afrikaans) Alternative form of wees.

## Central Franconian
### Alternative forms

* wieß (Ripuarian)
* weiß (Moselle Franconian)

### Etymology

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.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ʋis]

### Adjective

wies (partitive Wieses, comparative wieser, superlative 't wieste)
* (Kirchröadsj) white, reflecting most or all light
    Antonym: zjwats
* (Kirchröadsj) white, having a low amount of melanin in an organ, e.g. the skin
    Antonym: zjwats
* (Kirchröadsj, figuratively) legal
    Antonym: zjwats

#### Derived terms

* Wies n
* Wiesbroeëd n
* Wiesjeld n
* Wiest n

### See also

Colors in Central Franconian · Färve (layout · text) :
| Wieß, Wies, Weiß | Jries, Greis, Jroo, Groo | Zjwats, Schwats |
| Rut, Roeëd; Kérmes, Karmieng | Amber; Brong, Broun, Brung, Broeng | Jäl, Jeël, Jell, Gäl; Oker |
| Liem, Lich Jrön | Jrön, Green, Grien, Jreun, Jröng | Minz Jrön; Donkeljrön, Donkerjreun, Donkeljröng |
| Turquoise, Turkwaas | Blau (Hellblau, Himmelblau) | Blau, Blauw, Bloo, Bloh (Donkelblau, Donkelbloo) |
| Violett; Indiego | Majénta; Lila | Rose, Rosrut |

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Verb

wies
* singular past indicative of wassen

## Dutch Low Saxon
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʋiːs/

### Adjective

wies (comparative wiezer, superlative wiest)
* wise
* clever

#### Synonyms

* klook

## German
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Verb

wies
* first/third-person singular preterite of weisen

## German Low German
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʋiːs/

### Adjective

wies (comparative wieser, superlative wiesest)
* wise
* clever

#### Synonyms

* klook

## Jamaican Creole
### Etymology 1

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”).

#### Noun

wies (plural wies dem, quantified wies)
* (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.

### Etymology 2

Derived from English waste.

#### Verb

wies
* 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?

### Further reading

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

## Kashubian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vь̀sь.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈvjɛs/
* Rhymes: -ɛs
* Syllabification: wies

### Noun

wies f (diminutive wioska, related adjective wiesczi or wsowi)
* village (rural municipality)

#### Related terms

* wiesczëzna
* wiesón
* wiesónka
* wsowòsc

### Further reading

* 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, volume 2, page 1290
* “wies”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022