wes

See also: Appendix:Variations of "wes"

Translingual

Etymology

Clipping of Cameroon Pidgin Wes Cos (“West Coast”).

Symbol

wes

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Cameroon Pidgin.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Cameroon Pidgin terms

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Adverb

wes

1. west

Coordinate terms

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noordwes	noord	noordoos
wes		oos
suidwes	suid	suidoos

German

Alternative forms

• wessen

Pronunciation

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Pronoun

wes

1. (dated) genitive of wer: whose, of whom
2. (dated) genitive of was: whose, of what

Derived terms

• Wesfall
• weswegen

Further reading

• “wes” in Duden online

Middle Low German

Etymology

From Old Saxon hwes, from Proto-Germanic *hwes.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wɛs/

Pronoun

wes

1. whose, of whom (genitive of wê)
2. whose, of what (genitive of wat)

Old English

Alternative forms

• wœs, ues, uæs, uœs — Northumbrian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wes/
• Rhymes: -es

Verb

wes

1. singular imperative of wesan
2. alternative form of wæs
   • Anglo-Saxon Chronicle

     ⁊ þǣre ilcan nihte wes Ēadwine[s] dohtor ācenned.

     And on that same night Edwin's daughter was born.

Tocharian B

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *wéy.

Pronoun

wes

1. we
2. us

See also

• ñaś
• su
• tuwe
• yes

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English west.

Noun

wes

1. West