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English
[edit]Interjection
[edit]wys
- (MLE, MTE, Internet slang, text messaging) Initialism of what you saying.
- 2018 October 8, Ruby Bloom, “What your favourite social media says about you”, in The Tab[1]:
- You’re a fuckboy whose most used phrase is, "wag one b, wys?"[.] Pulling girls at Gravity Monday is the highlight of your week. You constantly send selfies flexing your muscles and showing off your ‘six pack.’
Afrikaans
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Dutch wijzen, from Middle Dutch wisen, from Old Dutch wīsen, from Proto-Germanic *wīsijaną.
Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
Verb
[edit]wys (present wys, present participle wysende, past participle gewys)
- to show
Middle English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old English wīs, from Proto-Germanic *wīsaz.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]wys (plural and weak singular wyse, comparative wiser, superlative wiseste)
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]Noun
[edit]wys (plural wyses)
- A wise individual
Welsh
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (North Wales) IPA(key): /wɨːs/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /wiːs/
Noun
[edit]wys
- Soft mutation of gwys.
Verb
[edit]wys
- Soft mutation of gwys.
Mutation
[edit]Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
gwys | wys | ngwys | unchanged |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Yola
[edit]Noun
[edit]wys
- Alternative form of wyse
- 1927, “ZONG O DHREE YOLA MYTHENS”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 131, line 17:
- Wu'll gow our wys to Chour Hill,
- We'll go our ways to Chour Hill,
References
[edit]- Kathleen A. Browne (1927) The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland Sixth Series, Vol.17 No.2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, page 131
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