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sez

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See also: SEZ, sèz, and şez

Translingual

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Etymology

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Clipping of English Senthang with z as a placeholder.

Symbol

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sez

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Senthang Chin.

See also

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English

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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sez

  1. Eye dialect spelling of says.
    Sez who? – Sez me!
    • 2009, Thomas Pynchon, Inherent Vice, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 169:
      "Whoo!" Dr. Blatnoyd had a soda straw and was busy snorting away. "No worries, it's on the house, as the TV antenna man always sez.... Hmm, missed a little...."

Anagrams

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Ahtna

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Etymology

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From Proto-Athabaskan. Cognate with Navajo sis. Compare also Lower Tanana theth.

Noun

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sez

  1. belt

References

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  • Kari, James (1990), Ahtna Athabaskan Dictionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN, page 459

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Etymology

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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sez

  1. sweet potato
    Synonym: legsez

Derived terms

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Mauritian Creole

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Mauritian Creole cardinal numbers
 <  15 16 17  > 
    Cardinal : sez

Etymology 1

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From French seize.

Numeral

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sez

  1. sixteen

Etymology 2

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From French chaise.

Noun

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sez

  1. chair