wies

English Definition

waist (part of the body between the pelvis and the stomach)

Etymology

• (Derived from English waist.)

Examples

• "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.

• "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?

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