wee

adj

Etymology: 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).

1. Small, little.

   “You looked a little cold, so I lit a wee fire.”

   “The beat of its wee heart held against her own, sent her intense maternity surging like the spring sap in a young tree.”

intj

1. Alternative form of whee.
2. The squeal of a pig.

   “1913, Beatrix Potter, The Tale of Pigling Bland Pigling Bland became frightened and cried "Wee, wee, wee! I can't find my way home!"”

name

Etymology: Borrowed from Hokkien 黃／黄 (Ûiⁿ), etc.

1. A surname.

noun

Etymology: Onomatopoeic for the sound of urination. The noun derives from the verb.

1. Urine.
2. An act of urination.

   “I need to have a wee.”

   “Um, by the way, make sure everyone knows if the papal envoy says "We desire to wash our hands", that means he wants to go and have a pee (laugh track)... Yes, a Royal wee (laugh track) — followed by a Royal flush (laugh track).”

pron

Etymology: See we.

1. obsolete emphatic of we

   “Yet lest wee should be Capernaitans, as wee are told there that the flesh profiteth nothing, so wee 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.”

verb

Etymology: Onomatopoeic for the sound of urination. The noun derives from the verb.

1. To urinate.

   “I need to wee! I can't hold it any longer!”

   “When I was young, I was up every night until the wee hours. Now I'm up every hour at night to wee.”