zes

From Proto-Athabaskan *žəž (“to sip”). Cognate with Navajo -ZHIZH.

zes

1. to sip, drink hot liquid

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

zes

1. possessed form of ses

zes

1. Verbal stem occurring in the following root, aspect, and mode combinations:

Aspect	Imperfective	Perfective	Future	Optative
Perambulative	nen (compact moves)		nen (compact moves)
Progressive	nen (compact moves)
Reversitative	nen (compact moves)		nen (compact moves)	nen (compact moves)
Semelfactive	nen (compact moves)	nen (compact moves)	nen (compact moves)	nen (compact moves)
Customary	nen (compact moves)	nen (compact moves)	nen (compact moves)	nen (compact moves)

From Middle Dutch ses, from Old Dutch ses, from Proto-West Germanic *sehs, from Proto-Germanic *sehs, from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs.

• IPA^(key): /zɛs/

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• Hyphenation: zes
• Rhymes: -ɛs

zes

1. six

   Hij werkte zes dagen per week en heeft nu een burnout. ― He worked six days a week and has a burn out now.

   Hollanders gaan vaak rond zessen avondeten. ― Hollanders often have dinner around six.

   Ze gingen met zijn zessen naar de bar. ― The six of them went to the bar.

• Afrikaans: ses
• Berbice Creole Dutch: sesi
• Javindo: ses
• Jersey Dutch: zääs
• Negerhollands: ses, sees
• Skepi Creole Dutch: ses
• → Trió: ses

zes m or f (plural zessen, diminutive zesje n)

1. six (the digit or figure 6)
2. (Netherlands, Suriname, education) the lowest passing grade, on a scale from 10 (highest grade) to 1 (lowest grade); D− (US)

zes

1. (Dutch Low Saxon) alternative form of sess (“six (6)”)

From Proto-Hmong-Mien *-rəuX. Cognate with Western Xiangxi Miao [Fenghuang] roul and Iu Mien lauz.

• IPA^(key): /ʐe˩/

zes

1. nest

From Middle Dutch ses, from Old Dutch ses, from Proto-West Germanic *sehs, from Proto-Germanic *sehs, from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs.

zes

1. six