See wee in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"sense": "to urinate",
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"word": "hacer pis"
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"word": "pinka"
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"word": "çiş yapma"
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"text": "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.",
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