FromMiddle English wey weygh wegh weȝe wæȝe ( “ little bit ” ) , fromOld English wǣġ wǣġe ( “ weight ” ) , fromProto-West Germanic *wāgu Proto-Germanic *wēgō ( “ scales, weight ” ) and*wēgǭ ( “ weight ” ) , related toMiddle English weġan ( “ to move, weigh ” ) (15c).
wee (comparative weer superlative weest
( Scotland , Ireland , Northern England , New Zealand , Ottawa Valley, Mid-Ulster ) Small ,little .You looked a little cold, so I lit awee fire.
1907 Barbara Baynton , edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson,Human Toll (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, published1980 , page275 :The beat of itswee heart held against her own, sent her intense maternity surging like the spring sap in a young tree.
2008 James Kelman ,Kieron Smith, Boy , Penguin, published2009 , page73 :I had not seen awee boy do it like that before. He wasweer than me and his swimming was just like splashing about.
small, little
Bashkir:бәләкәй ( bələkəy ) ,бәләкәс ( bələkəs ) ,кесе ( kese ) ,кескәй ( keskəy ) Chinese:Mandarin:細小 / 细小 (zh) ( xìxiǎo ) ,微小 (zh) ( wēixiǎo ) Czech:malý (cs) Danish:lille (da) Dutch:klein (nl) ,petieterig (nl) ,pietepeuterig (nl) Finnish:pikkuruinen (fi) French:petit (fr) Georgian:პაწაწა ( ṗac̣ac̣a ) ,პაწაწინა ( ṗac̣ac̣ina ) ,პაწაწკინტელა ( ṗac̣ac̣ḳinṭela ) ,ციცქნა ( cickna ) ,პატარა (ka) ( ṗaṭara ) ,მცირე ( mcire ) German:winzig (de) ,klein (de) Greek:μικρούτσικος (el) ( mikroútsikos ) ,τοσοσδά (el) ( tososdá ) Hebrew:קטן (he) m ( katán ) Hungarian:apró (hu) ,csöpp (hu) ,hangyányi Irish:beag Italian:piccolo (it) Japanese:小っちゃい (ja) ( ちっちゃい, chitchai ) Persian:کوچولو (fa) ( kučulu ) Polish:drobny (pl) ,mały (pl) Portuguese:pequeno (pt) ,miúdo (pt) Russian:кро́шечный (ru) ( króšečnyj ) ,кро́хотный (ru) ( króxotnyj ) ,малю́сенький (ru) ( maljúsenʹkij ) ,ма́ленький (ru) ( málenʹkij ) ,ничто́жный (ru) ( ničtóžnyj ) ( of quantity ) Serbo-Croatian:mali (sh) ,sićušan Spanish:pequeño (es) Swedish:liten (sv) Turkish:küçük (tr) Urdu:چھوٹی f ( čhōṭī )
wee
A shorttime or shortdistance . Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary: Tenth Edition (1997)Onomatopoeic for the sound of urination. The noun derives from the verb.
wee (countable anduncountable plural wees
( colloquial , uncountable ) Urine. ( colloquial , countable ) act ofurination .I need to have awee .Czech:moč (cs) f čuránky chcanky (cs) Dutch:pis (nl) m urine (nl) f Finnish:pissa (fi) French:pipi (fr) m German:Pipi (de) n Greek:τσίσα (el) n pl ( tsísa ) ,πιπί (el) n ( pipí ) Hungarian:pisi (hu) Italian:pipì (it) f Japanese:おしっこ (ja) ( oshikko ) Kurdish:Central Kurdish:میز ( mîz ) Norwegian:tiss (no) n Ottoman Turkish:سیدك ( sidik ) Portuguese:( Portugal ) chichi (pt) m ( Brazil ) xixi (pt) m Spanish:orina (es) ,pis (es) m pipí (es) m Swedish:kiss (sv) ,pink (sv) ,piss (sv) ,urin (sv) Turkish:çiş (tr) ,sidik (tr)
wee (third-person singular simple present wees present participle weeing simple past and past participle weed
( UK , colloquial ) urinate .I need towee ! I can't hold it any longer!
2011 March 15, Tom Armstrong,Marvin (comic):When I was young, I was up every night until the wee hours. Now I'm up every hour at night towee .
Czech:čůrat (cs) impf chcát (cs) impf Dutch:plassen (nl) ,pipi doen (nl) ,wateren (nl) ,pissen (nl) ,urineren (nl) Finnish:pissata (fi) ,pissiä (fi) French:faire pipi (fr) German:pinkeln (de) ,pissen (de) ,Pipi machen (de) Greek:κάνω τσίσα ( káno tsísa ) ,κατουράω (el) ( katouráo ) Italian:fare la pipì (it) Kurdish:Central Kurdish:میز کردن ( mîz kirdin ) Portuguese:fazer xixi Russian:пи́сать (ru) impf ( písatʹ ) ( homograph withписать (pisát’) - towrite ) ,попи́сать (ru) pf ( popísatʹ ) Spanish:hacer pis (es) ,hacer pipi (es) Swedish:pinka (sv) ,pissa (sv) ,kissa (sv) Turkish:çiş yapma işeme (tr)
wee (personal pronoun )
obsolete emphatic ofwe 1645 Tetrachordon :Yet lestwee should be Capernaitans, aswee are told there that the flesh profiteth nothing, sowee are told heer, if we be not as deaf as adders, that this union of the flesh proceeds from the union of a fit help and solace.
etymologically unrelated terms containing the word "wee"
IPA (key ) : /ˈweː/ [ˈweː] Hyphenation:wee wée (autobenefactive weyité
( transitive ) lack ( transitive ) miss ( auxiliary ) Used to form the negative of some moods and aspects. E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985 ) “wee”, inAn Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English) , University of London,→ISBN Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015 )L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie) [1] FromOld Dutch *wē Proto-West Germanic *wai Proto-Germanic *wai
CompareOld English wā woe wē weh vei
wee (notcomparable )
nauseating wee f plural weeën diminutive weetje n
contraction duringlabour orchildbirth Deweeën beginnen! Thecontractions are starting! ( archaic ) sorrow ,sadness ,pain ,woe (used in interjections ofdespair orannoyance )Owee , wat zal er van ons worden. Oh woe, what shall become of us. wee (second person singular )
Alternative spelling ofwe ( “ you, thou ” ) FromOld Dutch *wē Proto-West Germanic *wai
wêe
woe !wêe
unpleasant ,painful This adjective needs aninflection-table template .
wêe f
pain This noun needs aninflection-table template .
wee
Alternative form ofwe ( “ woe ” ) Inherited fromOld English wēġ(e) wǣġ ( unit of weight ) .
wee (comparative weer superlative weest
small ,little ,tiny “wee,n.1, adj., adv. ”, inThe Dictionary of the Scots Language Scottish Language Dictionaries , 2004–present,→OCLC 24 May 2024 , reproduced from W[ illiam] Grant and D[ avid] D. Murison, editors,The Scottish National Dictionary Scottish National Dictionary Association , 1931–1976,→OCLC FromMiddle English wiþ Old English wiþ
wee
with 1867 SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY , number 2, page94 :Wee aar lhaung vlealès an pikkès, to waaite apan a breede.With their long flails and picks, to wait upon the bride.1867 SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY , number 3, page94 :Aar was lhaung kaayle an nettles, ee-mixtwee prasaugh buee, There was long kale and nettles, mingledwith yellow-weed, 1867 SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY , page98 :Tibbès an crockèswee drink war ee-felt. [Tubs and crocks were filledwith drink.] 1867 SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY , number 2, page100 :Craneen t' theewee aam, thee luggès shell aake. Choking to theewith them. Thy ears shall ache. 1867 SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY , number 3, page100 :Risheenearès! Leth aam gaamewee aar barish-amang, Snack-eaters! let them game,with their barley-mung. wee
Alternative form ofwough ( “ we ” ) 1867 GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY , page59 :Note willwee dra aaght to-die? I don't know willwe draw any to-day? 1867 CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY , page114 , lines1-3 :Wee , Vassalès o' 'His Most Gracious Majesty,' Wilyame ee Vourthe,We , the subjects of his Most Gracious Majesty, William IV.,1867 CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY , page114 , lines14-15 :Mang ourzels——varwee dwytheth an Irelonde az ure generale haime—— Unto ourselves——forwe look on Ireland to be our common country—— 1867 CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY , page116 , lines8-9 :wee hert ee zough o'ye colure o' pace na nameo' Mulgrave .we heard the distant sound of the wings of the dove of peace, in the wordMulgrave .Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor,A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland , London: J. Russell Smith, published1867 ,page77 Clipping ofìwé Yoruba èyí Yoruba ìyí
wèé
( Ijebu ) this 
