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Usages of yıkamak
çamaşır yıkamak
to do the laundry
bulaşık yıkamak
to do the dishes
Kamil ve babaannesi birbirlerini yıkamışlar.
[Apparently] Kamil and his paternal grandmother washed each other.
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