wiku

Elfdalian

Noun

wiku f (definite singular wiką̊)

1. Alternative spelling of wikå (“week”)

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Javanese ꦮꦶꦏꦸ (wiku, “priest; monk, nun”), from Old Javanese wiku (“sage; priest; monk, nun”), from Pali bhikkhu (“beggar, Buddhist monk”), from Sanskrit भिक्षु (bhikṣú, “mendicant”). Doublet of biku and biksu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈwiku]
• Hyphenation: wi‧ku

Noun

wiku

1. (obsolete) monk.

Further reading

• “wiku” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Javanese

Romanization

wiku

1. Romanization of ꦮꦶꦏꦸ

Old Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Pali bhikkhu (“beggar, Buddhist monk”), from Sanskrit भिक्षु (bhikṣú, “mendicant”). Doublet of biku.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wi.ku/
• Rhymes: -ku
• Hyphenation: wi‧ku

Noun

wiku

1. holy man, sage
2. priest
3. monk, nun, ascetic, anchorite or anchoress, hermit

Alternative forms

• biku

Derived terms

• amikwani
• awiku
• awikwa-wikwan
• kabikuan
• kawikuan
• kawikun
• kawikwan
• makawiku
• winikon

 

• para wiku
• wiku haji
• wiku hijo
• wiku mirah
• wiku nagara
• wiku rarā
• wiku rājya
• wiku talun
• wikubhāwa
• wikubrati

 

Descendants

• > Javanese: ꦮꦶꦏꦸ (wiku) (inherited)
  • → Indonesian: wiku
• → Balinese: ᬯᬶᬓᬸ (wiku)

Further reading

• "wiku" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.