Wee

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Wee (surname)

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Borrowed from Hokkien 黃／黄 (Ûiⁿ), etc.

Wee (countable and uncountable, plural Wees)

1. A surname.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Wee is the 19,865^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1353 individuals. Wee is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (71.54%) and White individuals (21.8%).

• EWE, eew, Ewe, ewe

From Old High German weg, from Proto-Germanic *wegaz. The expected Luxembourgish form is *Wech, cf. ewech (“away”). The form Wee is generalized from the original plural and dative singular; the modern plural Weeër is secondary. Cognate with German Weg, English way, Dutch weg, Danish vej, West Frisian wei.

• IPA^(key): /veː/, [veː]
• Rhymes: -eː

Wee m (plural Weeër)

1. way, path

Wee n (plural Weeen)

1. pain, ache, hurting

Borrowed from English Wee, from Hokkien 黃 / 黄 (Ûiⁿ) or 魏 (Gūi). Doublet of Ng, Uy, Wong, Hwang, and Huang.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈwi/ [ˈwi]
• Rhymes: -i
• Syllabification: Wee

Wee (Baybayin spelling ᜏᜒ)

1. a Chinese Filipino surname from Hokkien