wee
A short time or short distanceA short time or short distance.
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Translations
6 languagesMeaning
3 sensesA short time or short distance.
a short time
(colloquial, uncountable)Urine.
Pipi
(colloquial, countable)An act of urination.
I need to have a wee.
Origin
From Middle English wey, weygh, wegh, weȝe, wæȝe (“little bit”), from Old English wǣġ, wǣġFrom Middle English wey, weygh, wegh, weȝe, wæȝe (“little bit”), from Old English wǣġ, wǣġe (“weight”), from Proto-West Germanic *wāgu, from Proto-Germanic *wēgō (“scales, weight”) and *wēgǭ (“weight”), related to Middle English weġan (“to move, weigh”) (15c).
Onomatopoeic for the sound of urination. The noun derives from the verb.
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