wee

(auxiliary) Used to form the negative of some moods and aspects.

wée (canonical)
wéeh (first-person perfective singular v-affirmative)
waytéh (perfective second-person singular v-affirmative)
wéeh (masculine perfective singular third-person v-affirmative)
waytéh (feminine perfective singular third-person v-affirmative)
waynéh (first-person perfective plural v-affirmative)
wayteeníh (perfective plural second-person v-affirmative)
weeníh (perfective plural third-person v-affirmative)
wée (first-person n-affirmative perfective singular)
wayté (n-affirmative perfective second-person singular)
wée (masculine n-affirmative perfective singular third-person)
wayté (feminine n-affirmative perfective singular third-person)
wayné (first-person n-affirmative perfective plural)
waytén (n-affirmative perfective plural second-person)
wéen (n-affirmative perfective plural third-person)
máwanniyo (first-person negative perfective singular)
máwannito (negative perfective second-person singular)
máwanna (masculine negative perfective singular third-person)
máwanna (feminine negative perfective singular third-person)
máwannino (first-person negative perfective plural)
máwanniton (negative perfective plural second-person)
máwannon (negative perfective plural third-person)
wáah (first-person imperfective singular v-affirmative)
waytáh (imperfective second-person singular v-affirmative)
wáah (imperfective masculine singular third-person v-affirmative)
waytáh (feminine imperfective singular third-person v-affirmative)
waynáh (first-person imperfective plural v-affirmative)
waytaanáh (imperfective plural second-person v-affirmative)
waanáh (imperfective plural third-person v-affirmative)
wáa (first-person imperfective n-affirmative singular)
waytá (imperfective n-affirmative second-person singular)
wáa (imperfective masculine n-affirmative singular third-person)
waytá (feminine imperfective n-affirmative singular third-person)
waytán (first-person imperfective n-affirmative plural)
wáan (imperfective n-affirmative plural second-person)
máwaa (imperfective n-affirmative plural third-person)
máwayta (first-person imperfective negative singular)
máwaa (imperfective negative second-person singular)
máwayta (imperfective masculine negative singular third-person)
máwayna (feminine imperfective negative singular third-person)
máwaytan (first-person imperfective negative plural)
máwaan (imperfective negative plural second-person)
wéeliyoh (imperfective negative plural third-person)
wéeyyoh (imperfective negative plural third-person)
wéelitoh (first-person prospective singular v-affirmative)
wéettoh (first-person prospective singular v-affirmative)
wéeleh (prospective second-person singular v-affirmative)
wéeleh (masculine prospective singular third-person v-affirmative)
wéelinoh (feminine prospective singular third-person v-affirmative)
wéennoh (feminine prospective singular third-person v-affirmative)
wéelitoonuh (first-person plural prospective v-affirmative)
wéettoonuh (first-person plural prospective v-affirmative)
wéeloonuh (plural prospective second-person v-affirmative)
wéeliyo (plural prospective third-person v-affirmative)
wéeyyo (plural prospective third-person v-affirmative)
wéelito (first-person n-affirmative prospective singular)
wéetto (first-person n-affirmative prospective singular)
wéele (n-affirmative prospective second-person singular)
wéele (masculine n-affirmative prospective singular third-person)
wéelino (feminine n-affirmative prospective singular third-person)
wéenno (feminine n-affirmative prospective singular third-person)
wéeliton (first-person n-affirmative plural prospective)
wéetton (first-person n-affirmative plural prospective)
wéelon (n-affirmative plural prospective second-person)
wáyuh (n-affirmative plural prospective third-person)
wáytuh (conjunctive conjunctive-i first-person singular v-affirmative)
wáyuh (conjunctive conjunctive-i second-person singular v-affirmative)
wáytuh (conjunctive conjunctive-i masculine singular third-person v-affirmative)
wáynuh (conjunctive conjunctive-i feminine singular third-person v-affirmative)
waytóonuh (conjunctive conjunctive-i first-person plural v-affirmative)
wóonuh (conjunctive conjunctive-i plural second-person v-affirmative)
wáyu (conjunctive conjunctive-i plural third-person v-affirmative)
wáytu (conjunctive conjunctive-i first-person n-affirmative singular)
wáyu (conjunctive conjunctive-i n-affirmative second-person singular)
wáytu (conjunctive conjunctive-i masculine n-affirmative singular third-person)
wáynu (conjunctive conjunctive-i feminine n-affirmative singular third-person)
wáytoonu (conjunctive conjunctive-i first-person n-affirmative plural)
wóonu (conjunctive conjunctive-i n-affirmative plural second-person)
wée wáyuh (conjunctive conjunctive-i n-affirmative plural third-person)
wée wáytuh (conjunctive conjunctive-i first-person negative singular)
wée wáyuh (conjunctive conjunctive-i negative second-person singular)
wée wáytuh (conjunctive conjunctive-i masculine negative singular third-person)
wée wáynuh (conjunctive conjunctive-i feminine negative singular third-person)
wée waytóonuh (conjunctive conjunctive-i first-person negative plural)
wée wóonuh (conjunctive conjunctive-i negative plural second-person)
wáankeh (conjunctive conjunctive-i negative plural third-person)
waytánkeh (conjunctive conjunctive-ii first-person singular v-affirmative)
wáankeh (conjunctive conjunctive-ii second-person singular v-affirmative)
waytánkeh (conjunctive conjunctive-ii masculine singular third-person v-affirmative)
waynánkeh (conjunctive conjunctive-ii feminine singular third-person v-affirmative)
waytaanánkeh (conjunctive conjunctive-ii first-person plural v-affirmative)
waanánkeh (conjunctive conjunctive-ii plural second-person v-affirmative)
wáanke (conjunctive conjunctive-ii plural third-person v-affirmative)
waytánke (conjunctive conjunctive-ii first-person n-affirmative singular)
wáanke (conjunctive conjunctive-ii n-affirmative second-person singular)
waytánke (conjunctive conjunctive-ii masculine n-affirmative singular third-person)
waynánke (conjunctive conjunctive-ii feminine n-affirmative singular third-person)
waytaanánke (conjunctive conjunctive-ii first-person n-affirmative plural)
waanánke (conjunctive conjunctive-ii n-affirmative plural second-person)
wée wáankeh (conjunctive conjunctive-ii n-affirmative plural third-person)
wée waytánkeh (conjunctive conjunctive-ii first-person negative singular)
wée wáankeh (conjunctive conjunctive-ii negative second-person singular)
wée waytánkeh (conjunctive conjunctive-ii masculine negative singular third-person)
wée waynánkeh (conjunctive conjunctive-ii feminine negative singular third-person)
wée waytaanánkeh (conjunctive conjunctive-ii first-person negative plural)
wée waanánkeh (conjunctive conjunctive-ii negative plural second-person)
wáay (conjunctive conjunctive-ii negative plural third-person)
wáytay (affirmative first-person jussive singular)
wáay (affirmative jussive second-person singular)
wáytay (affirmative jussive masculine singular third-person)
wáynay (affirmative feminine jussive singular third-person)
waytóonay (affirmative first-person jussive plural)
wóonay (affirmative jussive plural second-person)
wée wáay (affirmative jussive plural third-person)
wée wáytay (first-person jussive negative singular)
wée wáay (jussive negative second-person singular)
wée wáytay (jussive masculine negative singular third-person)
wée wáynay (feminine jussive negative singular third-person)
wée waytóonay (first-person jussive negative plural)
wée wóonay (jussive negative plural second-person)
wanniyóy (jussive negative plural third-person)
wannitóy (affirmative conditional first-person past singular)
wannáy (affirmative conditional past second-person singular)
wannáy (affirmative conditional masculine past singular third-person)
wanninóy (affirmative conditional feminine past singular third-person)
wannitóonuy (affirmative conditional first-person past plural)
wanninóonuy (affirmative conditional past plural second-person)
wée wóonay (affirmative conditional past plural third-person)
wée wanniyóy (conditional first-person negative past singular)
wée wannitóy (conditional negative past second-person singular)
wée wannáy (conditional masculine negative past singular third-person)
wée wannáy (conditional feminine negative past singular third-person)
wée wanninóy (conditional first-person negative past plural)
wée wannitóonuy (conditional negative past plural second-person)
wée wanninóonuy (conditional negative past plural third-person)
wéek (affirmative conditional conditional-i first-person present singular)
wayték (affirmative conditional conditional-i present second-person singular)
wéek (affirmative conditional conditional-i masculine present singular third-person)
wayték (affirmative conditional conditional-i feminine present singular third-person)
waynék (affirmative conditional conditional-i first-person plural present)
wayteeník (affirmative conditional conditional-i plural present second-person)
weeník (affirmative conditional conditional-i plural present third-person)
wée wéek (conditional conditional-i first-person negative present singular)
wée wayték (conditional conditional-i negative present second-person singular)
wée wéek (conditional conditional-i masculine negative present singular third-person)
wée wayték (conditional conditional-i feminine negative present singular third-person)
wée waynék (conditional conditional-i first-person negative plural present)
wée wayteeník (conditional conditional-i negative plural present second-person)
wée weeník (conditional conditional-i negative plural present third-person)
wayóo (affirmative consultative singular)
waynóo (affirmative consultative plural)
wáy (affirmative singular)
wáya (affirmative plural)
mawayóo (consultative negative singular)
mawaynóo (consultative negative plural)
máwan (negative singular)
máwana (negative plural)
wáah (converb h-converb)
wáyi (converb i-form)
wáak (converb k-converb)
wayínnuh (converb innuh-converb plural)
wayínnuk (converb innuk-converb plural)
wayíyya (infinitive plural)
wannáanih (indefinite participle v-focus)
wannáan (indefinite n-focus participle)
-k converb + imperfective of én (multiword-construction past progressive)
-k converb + prospective of sugé (future multiword-construction progressive)
imperfective + -m + takké (affirmative imperfect multiword-construction potential potential-ii)
wée + imperfective of wée + -m + takké (imperfect multiword-construction negative potential potential-ii)
perfective + -m + takké (affirmative multiword-construction perfect potential)
wée + perfective of wée + -m + takké (multiword-construction negative perfect potential)
imperfective + object pronoun + tekkék (affirmative conditional conditional-ii multiword-construction present)
perfective + imperfective of sugé + -k (affirmative conditional multiword-construction perfect)
wée + perfective of xaaxé (irrealis multiword-construction)


wee

wee (adverbial positive predicative)
weeë (feminine indefinite masculine positive singular)
wee (indefinite neuter positive singular)
weeë (indefinite plural positive)
weeë (definite positive)
wees (partitive positive)

From Old Dutch *wē, from Proto-West Germanic *wai, from Proto-Germanic *wai.
Compare Old English wā (English woe), Old High German wē (German weh), Old Norse vei.


wee

De weeën beginnen!

O wee, wat zal er van ons worden.

(archaic) sorrow, sadness, pain, woe (used in interjections of despair or annoyance)

nl-noun

wee f (plural weeën, diminutive weetje n)

weeën (plural)
weetje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: wee


wee

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.

1907, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Human Toll (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, published 1980, page 275:

I had not seen a wee boy do it like that before. He was weer than me and his swimming was just like splashing about.

2008, James Kelman, Kieron Smith, Boy, Penguin, published 2009, page 73:

(Scotland, Ireland, Northern England, New Zealand, Ottawa Valley, Mid-Ulster) Small, little.

en-adj

wee (comparative weer, superlative weest)

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).


wee

I need to have a wee.

(colloquial, countable) An act of urination.

en-noun

wee (countable and uncountable, plural wees)

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


wee

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.

2011 March 15, Tom Armstrong, Marvin (comic):

en-verb

wee (third-person singular simple present wees, present participle weeing, simple past and past participle weed)

wees (present singular third-person)
weeing (participle present)
weed (participle past)
weed (past)

пи́сать

homograph with писать (pisát’) - to write


wee

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.


wee

Alternative spelling of we (“you, thou”)


wee

Dutch: wee

From Old Dutch *wē, from Proto-West Germanic *wai.


wee

Dutch: wee


wee

Dutch: wee

Limburgish: wieë


wee

Inherited from Old English wēġ(e), wǣġ (unit of weight).


wee

Wee aar lhaung vlealès an pikkès, to waaite apan a breede.

1867, “THE WEDDEEN O BALLYMORE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 2, page 94:

With their long flails and picks, to wait upon the bride.

Aar was lhaung kaayle an nettles, ee-mixt wee prasaugh buee,

1867, “THE WEDDEEN O BALLYMORE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 3, page 94:

There was long kale and nettles, mingled with yellow-weed,

Tibbès an crockès wee drink war ee-felt.

1867, “VERSES IN ANSWER TO THE WEDDEEN O BALLYMORE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 98:

[Tubs and crocks were filled with drink.]

Craneen t' thee wee aam, thee luggès shell aake.

1867, “VERSES IN ANSWER TO THE WEDDEEN O BALLYMORE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 2, page 100:

Choking to thee with them. Thy ears shall ache.

Risheenearès! Leth aam gaame wee aar barish-amang,

1867, “VERSES IN ANSWER TO THE WEDDEEN O BALLYMORE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 3, page 100:

Snack-eaters! let them game, with their barley-mung.

From Middle English wiþ, from Old English wiþ.


wee

Note will wee dra aaght to-die?

1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 59:

Wee, Vassalès o' 'His Most Gracious Majesty,' Wilyame ee Vourthe,

1867, CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 114, lines 1-3:

We, the subjects of his Most Gracious Majesty, William IV.,

Mang ourzels——var wee dwytheth an Irelonde az ure generale haime——

1867, CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 114, lines 14-15:

Unto ourselves——for we look on Ireland to be our common country——

wee hert ee zough o'ye colure o' pace na name o' Mulgrave.

1867, CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 116, lines 8-9:

we heard the distant sound of the wings of the dove of peace, in the word Mulgrave.


wee

Clipping of ìwé. Cognates with Yoruba èyí, Ìkálẹ̀ Yoruba ìyí