Wiktionary

wiku

Elfdalian

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Noun

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wiku f (definite singular wiką̊)

  1. Alternative spelling of wikå (“week”)

Indonesian

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Etymology

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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

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

Noun

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wiku

  1. (obsolete) monk.

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Javanese

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Romanization

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wiku

  1. Romanization of ꦮꦶꦏꦸ

Old Javanese

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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wiku

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

Alternative forms

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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

Further reading

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

Unami

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Etymology

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From

  • /wiki/: to dwell, have a house
  • /-w: third person

Cognate with Munsee wíikuw (“he dwells”).

Verb

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wiku (animate intransitive verbs)

  1. (animate, intransitive) he dwells, he lives (in a dwelling), has a house

Conjugation

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present indicative conjugation of wiku
wiku
1st person singular nëwiki
2nd person singular kwiki
3rd person singular wiku
1st person plural inclusive nëwikihëna
1st person plural exclusive kwikihëna
2nd person plural kwikihëmo
3rd person plural wikuwàk
present conjunct conjugation of wiku
wiku
1st person singular wikia
2nd person singular wikiàn
3rd person singular wikit
1st person plural inclusive wikiènkw
1st person plural exclusive wikiènkw
2nd person plural wikièkw
3rd person plural wikihtit
subjunctive conjugation of wiku
wiki
1st person singular wikiane
2nd person singular wikiàne
3rd person singular wikite
1st person plural inclusive wikiànkwe
1st person plural exclusive wikiànkwe
2nd person plural wikièkwe
3rd person plural wikihtite
Future conjugation of wiku
mitsi
1st person singular nëwikìch or xu nëwiki
2nd person singular kwikìch or xu kwiki
3rd person singular wikùch or xu wiku
1st person plural inclusive nëwikihënàch or xu nëwikihëna
1st person plural exclusive kwikihënàch or xu këwikihëna
2nd person plural kwikihëmòch or xu kwikihëmo
3rd person plural wikuwàkch or xu wikuwàk
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References

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  • Rementer, Jim with Pearson, Bruce L. (2005) “wiku”, in Leneaux, Grant, Whritenour, Raymond, editors, The Lenape Talking Dictionary, The Lenape Language Preservation Project
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