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WOTD – 31 December 2006
 
English Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia

Etymology

    Etymology tree
    Proto-Polynesian *witi
    Hawaiian wiki
    Hawaiian wikiwikider.
    English wiki

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

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    wiki (plural wikis)

    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)
    Other terms derived from wiki

    Translations

    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.
      To get an understanding of the topics, he quickly went online and wikied each one.
      • 2008 December 1, GeekDad, “Son of a Geek: Comics and Growing Up the DC Way”, in Wired News:
        I tore through his collection wikiing any plot points that I missed learning the importance of the players of the DC universe
      • 2009 June 18, Lizz Holmans, “Janus”, in uk.rec.sheds‎[4] (Usenet):
        Her English is no better than my Portuguese, but I wikied 'influenza' in Portuguese and it came up with 'gripe'
      • 2010, Noemi Gonzalez, Journey, page 65:
        I did research on the internet and found out so. I “wikied” it.
    2. (intransitive) To contribute to a wiki.
      • 2006, Deptford Tv, Deptford.TV Diaries, page 73:
        Blogging, wiki-ing, coding are all activities that generate authorial product.
      • 2007, Dan Woods with Peter Thoeny, Wikis for dummies, page 17:
        The best way to start wiki-ing is to find an existing wiki (that is, a hosted wiki) and start adding to it.
      • 2008, Robert E. Cummings with Matt Barton, Wiki writing: collaborative learning in the college classroom, page 46:
        For example, blog and wiki software can be used to support all sorts of activities that are not commonly associated with the activities of “blogging” or “wikiing.” This includes activities like sharing syllabi, publishing announcements
    3. (transitive) To participate in the wiki-based production of.
      • 2009 October 19, “Cooking Consensus: Will Wiki Work in the Kitchen?”, in Time‎[5], archived from the original on 4 June 2011:
        The history of wikied novels isn't pretty (Penguin Books never published the gobbledygook that was "A Million Penguins"), and no one has dared wiki a jazz song.

    Translations

    See also

    References

    1. ^ Cunningham, Ward (2005) “Correspondence on the Etymology of Wiki”, in Cunningham & Cunningham, Inc.‎[1], retrieved 28 February 2010

    Anagrams

    Catalan

    Alternative forms

    Etymology

    Unadapted borrowing from English wiki.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    wiki m (plural wikis)

    1. wiki

    Chinese

    Etymology

    From English wiki.

    Pronunciation

    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

    Adjective

    wīki

    1. heavy

    Danish

     
    Danish Wikipedia has an article on:
    Wikipedia da

    Etymology

    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
    common
    gender     		singular plural
    indefinite definite indefinite definite
    nominative wiki wikien wikier wikierne
    genitive wikis wikiens wikiers wikiernes

    Derived terms

    References

    1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 “wiki” in Den Danske Ordbog.

    Anagrams

    Dutch

    Etymology

    Borrowed from English wiki.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

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

    1. wiki

    Derived terms

    Anagrams

    Finnish

    Etymology

    From English wiki, formed from Hawaiian wikiwiki.

    Pronunciation

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

    Noun

    wiki

    1. wiki (collaborative website)

    Declension

    Inflection of wiki (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
    nominative wiki wikit
    genitive wikin wikien
    partitive wikiä wikejä
    illative wikiin wikeihin
    singular plural
    nominative wiki wikit
    accusative nom. wiki wikit
    gen. wikin
    genitive wikin wikien
    partitive wikiä wikejä
    inessive wikissä wikeissä
    elative wikistä wikeistä
    illative wikiin wikeihin
    adessive wikillä wikeillä
    ablative wikiltä wikeiltä
    allative wikille wikeille
    essive wikinä wikeinä
    translative wikiksi wikeiksi
    abessive wikittä wikeittä
    instructive — wikein
    comitative See the possessive forms below.
    Possessive forms of wiki (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
    first-person singular possessor
    singular plural
    nominative wikini wikini
    accusative nom. wikini wikini
    gen. wikini
    genitive wikini wikieni
    partitive wikiäni wikejäni
    inessive wikissäni wikeissäni
    elative wikistäni wikeistäni
    illative wikiini wikeihini
    adessive wikilläni wikeilläni
    ablative wikiltäni wikeiltäni
    allative wikilleni wikeilleni
    essive wikinäni wikeinäni
    translative wikikseni wikeikseni
    abessive wikittäni wikeittäni
    instructive — —
    comitative — wikeineni
    second-person singular possessor
    singular plural
    nominative wikisi wikisi
    accusative nom. wikisi wikisi
    gen. wikisi
    genitive wikisi wikiesi
    partitive wikiäsi wikejäsi
    inessive wikissäsi wikeissäsi
    elative wikistäsi wikeistäsi
    illative wikiisi wikeihisi
    adessive wikilläsi wikeilläsi
    ablative wikiltäsi wikeiltäsi
    allative wikillesi wikeillesi
    essive wikinäsi wikeinäsi
    translative wikiksesi wikeiksesi
    abessive wikittäsi wikeittäsi
    instructive — —
    comitative — wikeinesi
    first-person plural possessor
    singular plural
    nominative wikimme wikimme
    accusative nom. wikimme wikimme
    gen. wikimme
    genitive wikimme wikiemme
    partitive wikiämme wikejämme
    inessive wikissämme wikeissämme
    elative wikistämme wikeistämme
    illative wikiimme wikeihimme
    adessive wikillämme wikeillämme
    ablative wikiltämme wikeiltämme
    allative wikillemme wikeillemme
    essive wikinämme wikeinämme
    translative wikiksemme wikeiksemme
    abessive wikittämme wikeittämme
    instructive — —
    comitative — wikeinemme
    second-person plural possessor
    singular plural
    nominative wikinne wikinne
    accusative nom. wikinne wikinne
    gen. wikinne
    genitive wikinne wikienne
    partitive wikiänne wikejänne
    inessive wikissänne wikeissänne
    elative wikistänne wikeistänne
    illative wikiinne wikeihinne
    adessive wikillänne wikeillänne
    ablative wikiltänne wikeiltänne
    allative wikillenne wikeillenne
    essive wikinänne wikeinänne
    translative wikiksenne wikeiksenne
    abessive wikittänne wikeittänne
    instructive — —
    comitative — wikeinenne
    third-person possessor
    singular plural
    nominative wikinsä wikinsä
    accusative nom. wikinsä wikinsä
    gen. wikinsä
    genitive wikinsä wikiensä
    partitive wikiään
    wikiänsä     		wikejään
    wikejänsä
    inessive wikissään
    wikissänsä     		wikeissään
    wikeissänsä
    elative wikistään
    wikistänsä     		wikeistään
    wikeistänsä
    illative wikiinsä wikeihinsä
    adessive wikillään
    wikillänsä     		wikeillään
    wikeillänsä
    ablative wikiltään
    wikiltänsä     		wikeiltään
    wikeiltänsä
    allative wikilleen
    wikillensä     		wikeilleen
    wikeillensä
    essive wikinään
    wikinänsä     		wikeinään
    wikeinänsä
    translative wikikseen
    wikiksensä     		wikeikseen
    wikeiksensä
    abessive wikittään
    wikittänsä     		wikeittään
    wikeittänsä
    instructive — —
    comitative — wikeineen
    wikeinensä

    Derived terms

    compounds

    Further reading

    French

    Etymology

    Borrowed from English wiki.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    wiki m (plural wikis)

    1. wiki

    Derived terms

    Anagrams

    Hawaiian

    Etymology

      From Proto-Polynesian *witi. Note that this reconstruction is only attested in Central-Eastern Polynesian.[1][2]

      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

      References

      1. ^ Pukui, Mary Kawena, Elbert, Samuel H. (1986) “wiki”, in Hawaiian Dictionary‎[2], revised & enlarged edition, Honolulu, HI: University of Hawai'i Press, →ISBN, page 385
      2. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “witi”, in “POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 50, number 2, pages 551-559

      Indonesian

       
      Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:
      Wikipedia id

      Etymology

      Borrowed from English wiki.

      Pronunciation

      Noun

      wiki (plural wiki-wiki)

      1. wiki

      Further reading

      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:
      Wikipedia lv

      Etymology

      Unadapted borrowing from English wiki

      Pronunciation

      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

       
      1. wiki

      Etymology

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

      Pronunciation

      Noun

      wiki pl

      1. (literary, commerce) market
        Stwórtk su pśecej wiki.
        The market is always [open] on Thursdays.
        • 1998, Erwin Hannusch, chapter 1, in Niedersorbisch praktisch und verständlich, Bautzen: Domowina Verlag, →ISBN, page 20:
          Tšochu dalej su Stare wiki.
          Somewhat further on is the Old Market.
      2. town square

      Declension

      Declension of wiki
      plural (plurale tantum)
      Nominative wiki
      Genitive wikow
      Dative wikam
      Accusative wiki
      Instrumental wikami
      Locative wikach

      Derived terms

      References

      1. ^ Bartels, Hauke (2009). "Lower Sorbian vocabulary". 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
      Derived terms

      Etymology 3

      Transliteration of English wick

      Noun

      wiki

      1. wick; fuse

      Further reading

      • “wiki” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

      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

      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

      Portuguese

       
      Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:
      Wikipedia pt

      Etymology

      Unadapted borrowing from English wiki.

      Pronunciation

      Noun

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

      1. wiki (website allowing collaborative editing of content)

      Spanish

      Etymology

      Borrowed from English wiki.

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /ˈwiki/ [ˈwi.ki], /ˈɡwiki/ [ˈɡwi.ki]
      • Rhymes: -iki
      • Syllabification: wi‧ki

      Noun

      wiki m or f same meaning (plural wikis)

      1. wiki

      Sranan Tongo

      Etymology

      From English week.

      Pronunciation

      Noun

      wiki

      1. week

      Swahili

       
      Swahili Wikipedia has an article on:
      Wikipedia sw

      Etymology

      Borrowed from English week.[1]

      Pronunciation

      Noun

      wiki class IX (plural wiki class X)

      1. a week

      Synonyms

      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], volume 16, number 2, →DOI, 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
      nominative genitive
      singular indefinite wiki wikis
      definite wikin wikins
      plural indefinite wikier wikiers
      definite wikierna wikiernas

      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 𐬬𐬍𐬯𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌 (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
      singular plural
      nominative wiki wikiler
      definite accusative wikiyi wikileri
      dative wikiye wikilere
      locative wikide wikilerde
      ablative wikiden wikilerden
      genitive wikinin wikilerin
      Possessive forms
      nominative
      singular plural
      1st singular wikim wikilerim
      2nd singular wikin wikilerin
      3rd singular wikisi wikileri
      1st plural wikimiz wikilerimiz
      2nd plural wikiniz wikileriniz
      3rd plural wikileri wikileri
      definite accusative
      singular plural
      1st singular wikimi wikilerimi
      2nd singular wikini wikilerini
      3rd singular wikisini wikilerini
      1st plural wikimizi wikilerimizi
      2nd plural wikinizi wikilerinizi
      3rd plural wikilerini wikilerini
      dative
      singular plural
      1st singular wikime wikilerime
      2nd singular wikine wikilerine
      3rd singular wikisine wikilerine
      1st plural wikimize wikilerimize
      2nd plural wikinize wikilerinize
      3rd plural wikilerine wikilerine
      locative
      singular plural
      1st singular wikimde wikilerimde
      2nd singular wikinde wikilerinde
      3rd singular wikisinde wikilerinde
      1st plural wikimizde wikilerimizde
      2nd plural wikinizde wikilerinizde
      3rd plural wikilerinde wikilerinde
      ablative
      singular plural
      1st singular wikimden wikilerimden
      2nd singular wikinden wikilerinden
      3rd singular wikisinden wikilerinden
      1st plural wikimizden wikilerimizden
      2nd plural wikinizden wikilerinizden
      3rd plural wikilerinden wikilerinden
      genitive
      singular plural
      1st singular wikimin wikilerimin
      2nd singular wikinin wikilerinin
      3rd singular wikisinin wikilerinin
      1st plural wikimizin wikilerimizin
      2nd plural wikinizin wikilerinizin
      3rd plural wikilerinin wikilerinin
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