wee

Signification

Adj

Small, little.

Noun

A short time or short distance.

Noun

1. (colloquial) Urine.
2. (colloquial) An act of urination.

Verb

To urinate.

Pron

obsolete emphatic of we

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/wiː/

Étymologie

From 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).