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English
WOTD – 31 December 2006

Etymology English Wikipedia has an

article on:
Etymology tree [show ▼] wiki

First appearance in 1995 in PC Week.[1] Abbreviated from WikiWikiWeb, from Hawaiian wikiwiki
(“quick”‎) + English web.

Pronunciation
enPR: wĭʹkē, wēʹkē, IPA(key): /ˈwɪki/, /ˈwiːki/
Audio (US): 0:01

Audio (General Australian): 0:02

Rhymes: ,-ɪki -iːki

Homophones: wicky, weaky, wickie

Noun
wiki (plural wikis)

1.
2. A collaborative website which can be directly edited merely by using a web browser, often by
anyone who has access to it.

Derived terms
Derived terms of wiki (proper nouns)
MediaWiki Wikimedia Wikiquote Wiktionarian
Wikibooks Wikinews Wikisource Wiktionary
Wikidata Wikipedia Wikispecies
[show all 17 ▼]

Other terms derived from wiki

interwiki off-wiki on-wiki subwiki
 transwiki wikify wiki markup wikitext
wikian wikiholic wikiness wikitime
[show all 34 ▼]

Translations
±collaborative website [show ▼]

Verb
wiki (third-person singular simple present wikis, present participle wikiing, simple past and
past participle wikied)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To research on Wikipedia or some similar wiki. [quotations ▼]

To get an understanding of the topics, he quickly went online and wikied each one.
2. (intransitive) To contribute to a wiki. [quotations ▼]
3. (transitive) To participate in the wiki-based production of. [quotations ▼]

Translations
±research on a wiki [show ▼]

±contribute to a wiki [show ▼]

See also
sukuma wiki

References
“wiki”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, Boston,
Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 2000, →ISBN.
"wiki (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/wiki)" in the Webster's New Millennium Dictionary
of English, Preview Edition (v 0.9.6), Lexico Publishing Group, 2003-2005.
Notes:

1. ^ Cunningham, Ward (2005) “Correspondence on the Etymology of Wiki”, in Cunningham &

Cunningham, Inc.[1] (http://c2.com/doc/etymology.html), retrieved 28 February 2010

Anagrams
Kiwi, kiwi

Catalan

Alternative forms
viqui
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English wiki.

Pronunciation
IPA(key): (Central) [ˈbi.ki]
IPA(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈvi.ki]

Noun
wiki m (plural wikis)

1. wiki

Chinese

Etymology
From English wiki.

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): wi1 ki2 [more ▼]

Verb
wiki

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) to wiki; to research on Wikipedia

Proper noun
wiki

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) Wikipedia

Alternative forms

Noun
wiki

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) article on Wikipedia

Choctaw

Alternative forms
Spelling variants
weki (traditional)

Adjective
wīki

1. heavy

Danish
Danish Wikipedia has an
article on:
Etymology wiki
Borrowed from English wiki.[1]

Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈviki/, /ˈvikʰi/, /ˈwikʰi/[1]

Noun
wiki c (singular definite wikien, plural indefinite wikier)

1. A wiki.[1]

Inflection

Declension of wiki [show ▼]

Derived terms

wikikette
wikikode
Wikipedia
 Wikipediabrugerside

References
1. “wiki (http://ordnet.dk/ddo/ordbog?query=wiki)” in Den Danske Ordbog.

Anagrams
kiwi

Dutch

Etymology
Borrowed from English wiki.

Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈʋiki/
Audio: 0:01

Noun
wiki m (plural wiki's, diminutive wikietje n)

1. wiki

Derived terms

wikiën

Anagrams
kiwi

Finnish

Etymology
From English wiki, formed from Hawaiian wikiwiki.
Pronunciation

/ˈwiki/, [ˈwik̟i]
IPA(key):
Rhymes: -iki
Hyphenation(key): wi‧ki

Noun
wiki

1. wiki ‎(collaborative website‎)

Declension
Inflection of wiki (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) [more ▼]
nominative wiki wikit
genitive wikin wikien
partitive wikiä wikejä
illative wikiin wikeihin
Possessive forms of wiki (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) [more ▼]

Derived terms
compounds
Wikisanakirja
wikisivusto
wikiteksti

Further reading
“wiki (http://www.kielitoimistonsanakirja.fi/#/wiki)”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of
Contemporary Finnish]‎[6] (http://www.kielitoimistonsanakirja.fi) (in Finnish) (online dictionary,
continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki:
Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved
2023-07-04

French

Etymology
Borrowed from English wiki.

Pronunciation
IPA(key): /wi.ki/
Audio: 0:01
Noun
wiki m (plural wikis)

1. wiki

Derived terms
wikifier
wikiprojet
Wikipédia
Wiktionnaire

Anagrams
kiwi

Hawaiian

Etymology
From Proto-Polynesian *witi. Note that this reconstruction is only attested in Central-Eastern
Polynesian.[1]

Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈwi.ki/, [ˈʋi.ti]

Verb
wiki

1. (stative) to hasten, to speed up

2. (stative) to be swift, to be speedy, to be quick

Derived terms

wikiwiki

References
1. ^ “POLLEX entry”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎[2] (https://web.archive.org/web/
20210509052724/https://pollex.shh.mpg.de/entry/witi/), 2022 February 18 (last accessed), archived from
the original (https://pollex.shh.mpg.de/entry/witi) on 9 May 2021

Pukui, Mary Kawena, Elbert, Samuel H. (1986) “wiki”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, Honolulu:
University of Hawaii Press
Indonesian
Indonesian Wikipedia has an
article on:
Etymology wiki
Borrowed from English wiki.

Pronunciation
Hyphenation: wi‧ki

Noun
wiki (plural wiki-wiki)

1. wiki

Further reading
“wiki (https://kbbi.kemdikbud.go.id/entri/wiki)” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta:
Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research,
and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Japanese

Romanization
wiki

1. Rōmaji transcription of ウィキ

Kokota

Etymology
Borrowed from English week.

Noun
wiki

1. week
palu wiki : two weeks
References
Bill Palmer, Kokota Grammar, page 380 →ISBN

Latvian
Latvian Wikipedia has an
article on:
Etymology wiki
Unadapted borrowing from English wiki

Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈviki/

Noun
wiki m (invariable)

1. wiki

Limburgish

Etymology
Borrowed from English wiki.

Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈwi˦kə˧/, /ˈwi˦ki˨/

Noun
wiki m

1. wiki

Inflection
This entry needs an inflection-table template.
Lower Sorbian

Etymology
Borrowed from Middle Low German wīk, from Latin vicus.[1]

Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈvʲikʲi/ 1. wiki

Noun
wiki pl

1. (literary, commerce) market [quotations ▼]

Stwórtk su pśecej wiki.
The market is always [open] on Thursdays.
2. town square

Declension
Declension of wiki [show ▼]

Derived terms
konjece wiki
pjenjezne wiki
wikowanišćo
wjelike wiki

References
1. ^ Bartels, Hauke (2009). "Lower Sorbian vocabulary" (https://web.archive.org/web/2010080316
5555/http://wold.livingsources.org/vocabulary/10). In Haspelmath, Martin; Tadmor, Uri. World
Loanword Database. Munich: Max Planck Digital Library. Retrieved 2011-04-13.

Further reading
Starosta, Manfred: Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik, Ludowe nakładnistwo Domowina, Budyšyn,
1999., →ISBN
Šwjela, Bogumil: Dolnoserbsko-němski słownik, Ludowe nakładnistwo Domowina, Budyšyn,
1963., p. 451.
Maori

Etymology 1

Verb
wiki

1. to form circular ripples on the surface of a fluid

Etymology 2
Transliteration of English week

Noun
wiki

1. week

Etymology 3
Transliteration of English wick

Noun
wiki

1. wick; fuse

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology
Borrowed from English wiki, from Hawaiian wikiwiki ‎(“quick”‎).

Noun
wiki m (definite singular wikien, indefinite plural wikier, definite plural wikiene)

1. wiki

Derived terms

wikifisere
Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology
Borrowed from English wiki, from Hawaiian wikiwiki ‎(“quick”‎).

Noun
wiki m (definite singular wikien, indefinite plural wikiar, definite plural wikiane)

1. wiki

Derived terms
wikifisere

Portuguese
Portuguese Wikipedia has an
article on:
Etymology wiki
Unadapted borrowing from English wiki.

Pronunciation

/ˈwi.ki/
(Brazil) IPA(key):

(Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈwi.ki/

Noun
wiki f or (less common) m (plural wikis)

1. wiki ‎(website allowing collaborative editing of content‎)

Spanish

Etymology
Borrowed from English wiki.
Pronunciation

/ˈwiki/ [ˈwi.ki], /ˈɡwiki/ [ˈɡwi.ki]

IPA(key):
Rhymes: -iki
Syllabification: wi‧ki

Noun
wiki m or f same meaning (plural wikis)

1. wiki

Sranan Tongo

Etymology
From English week.

Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈwi.ki/

Noun
wiki

1. week

Swahili
Swahili Wikipedia has an
article on:
Etymology Juma
Borrowed from English week.[1]

Pronunciation

Audio (Kenya): 0:01

Noun
wiki class IX (plural wiki class X)

1. a week
Synonyms

juma

References
1. ^ Batibo, Herman M. (1996) “Loanword clusters nativization rules in Tswana and Swahili: a
comparative study”, in South African Journal of African Language‎[3] (https://www.tandfonline.com/do
i/abs/10.1080/02572117.1996.10587115)
, volume 16, number 2, →DOI (https://doi.org/10.1080%2F0257211
7.1996.10587115), page 38 of 33-41

Swedish

Etymology
Borrowed from English wiki.

Pronunciation
IPA(key): /viːkɪ/, /vɪkɪ/, /wiːkɪ/, /wɪkɪ/

Noun
wiki c

1. wiki.

Declension

Declension of wiki [show ▼]

The plurals are not agreed upon, other words for the indefinite plural nominative presently in use include wikier,
wikis, wikisar, wikior, wikiar, wiki etc.
Tocharian A

Etymology
From Proto-Tocharian *w'īkän, from Proto-Indo-European *(d)wi(h₁)dḱm̥ti (cognate with Latin
vīgintī, Ancient Greek εἴκοσι ‎(eíkosi‎), Doric ϝείκατι ‎(weíkati‎), Sanskrit विंशति ‎(viṃśati‎), Avestan
𐬌𐬙𐬌𐬀𐬯𐬍𐬬 ‎(vīsaiti‎), Ossetian инсӕй ‎(insæj‎), Armenian քսան ‎(kʻsan‎), Albanian (një)zet, Welsh
ugain). Compare Tocharian B ikäṃ.

Numeral
wiki

1. twenty

Turkish

Etymology
Borrowed from English wiki.

Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈvici/ /ˈɥici/
,
Hyphenation: wi‧ki

Noun
wiki (definite accusative wikiyi, plural wikiler)

1. wiki

Declension

Declension of wiki [show ▼]

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