miti

1. dated formal (face, hands) to wash
   U narodnoj pesmi devojka mije belo lice na izvoru. — In the folk song the girl washes her fair face at the spring.
   Ruka ruku mije, a obraz obadve. — One hand washes the other, and both together wash the face – literally, each helps the other and both gain from it.

The verb is dated and literary: in modern Serbian it survives almost only in the proverb ruka ruku mije and in folk poetry. In everyday speech umivati (se) / umiti (se) is used for washing the face and prati / oprati ruke for washing the hands.