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English
WOTD – 31 December 2006
Etymology
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/
- (Standard Southern British) IPA(key): /ˈwɪkɪj/
Audio (US): (file) Audio (General Australian): (file) - Rhymes: -ɪki, -iːki
- Homophones: wicky, weaky, wickie
Noun
wiki (plural wikis)
- A collaborative website which can be directly edited merely by using a web browser, often by anyone who has access to it.
- He spent time editing articles on the wiki.
Derived terms
Derived terms of wiki (proper nouns)
Other terms derived from wiki
- interwiki
- off-wiki
- on-wiki
- subwiki
- The Other Wiki
- transwiki
- wikian
- wikibreak
- wikicode
- wiki crack
- wiki farm
- wikifarm
- wikification
- wikify
- wikiholic
- Wikiholic
- wikilawyering
- wikiless
- wikilike
- wikilink
- wiki magic
- wiki markup
- wikiness
- wikinomics
- wikiphobe
- wikiphobia
- wikiquette
- wikisphere
- wikistorming
- wikitext
- wikitime
- wikitorial
- wikiverse
- wiki walk
- Wiknic
Translations
collaborative website
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Verb
wiki (third-person singular simple present wikis, present participle wikiing, simple past and past participle wikied)
- (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
- 2010, Noemi Gonzalez, Journey, page 65:
- I did research on the internet and found out so. I “wikied” it.
- (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
- (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
research on a wiki
contribute to a wiki
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See also
References
- “wiki”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 2000, →ISBN.
- "wiki" in the Webster's New Millennium Dictionary of English, Preview Edition (v 0.9.6), Lexico Publishing Group, 2003-2005.
- Notes:
Anagrams
Catalan
Alternative forms
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English wiki.
Pronunciation
Noun
wiki m (plural wikis)
Chinese
Etymology
Pronunciation
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: wi1 ki2, wik1 ki2
- Yale: wī kí, wīk kí
- Cantonese Pinyin: wi1 ki2, wik7 ki2
- Guangdong Romanization: wi1 ki2, wig1 ki2
- Sinological IPA (key): /wiː⁵⁵ kʰiː³⁵ wɪk̚⁵ kʰiː³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Verb
wiki
- (Hong Kong Cantonese) to wiki; to research on Wikipedia
Proper noun
wiki
Alternative forms
Noun
wiki
Choctaw
Alternative forms
- Spelling variants
- weki (traditional)
Adjective
wīki
Danish
Etymology
Borrowed from English wiki.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈviki/, /ˈvikʰi/, /ˈwikʰi/[1]
Noun
wiki c (singular definite wikien, plural indefinite wikier)
Inflection
| common gender |
singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | wiki | wikien | wikier | wikierne |
| genitive | wikis | wikiens | wikiers | wikiernes |
Derived terms
- wikikette
- wikikode
- Wikipedia
- Wikipediabrugerside
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 “wiki” in Den Danske Ordbog.
Anagrams
Dutch
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʋiki/
Audio: (file)
Noun
wiki m (plural wiki's, diminutive wikietje n)
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
- 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. | ||
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Derived terms
compounds
Further reading
- “wiki”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][6] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 4 July 2023
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /wi.ki/
Audio: (file) Audio (France (Saint-Maurice-de-Beynost)): (file) Audio (Switzerland (Valais)): (file) Audio (France (Toulouse)): (file) Audio (France (Vosges)): (file) Audio (France (Agen)): (file)
Noun
wiki m (plural wikis)
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
Derived terms
References
- ^ Pukui, Mary Kawena; Elbert, Samuel H. (1986), “wiki”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, →ISBN, page 385
- ^ 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 551–9
Indonesian
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈwiki/ [ˈwi.ki]
- Rhymes: -iki
- Syllabification: wi‧ki
Noun
wiki (plural wiki-wiki)
Further reading
- “wiki”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016
Japanese
Romanization
wiki
Kokota
Etymology
Noun
wiki
- week
- palu wiki : two weeks
References
- Bill Palmer, Kokota Grammar, page 380 →ISBN
Latvian
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English wiki
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈviki/
Noun
wiki m (invariable)
Limburgish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈwi˦kə˧/, /ˈwi˦ki˨/
Noun
wiki m
Inflection
This entry needs an inflection-table template.
Lower Sorbian
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle Low German wīk, from Latin vicus.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈvʲi.kʲi/
- Rhymes: -ikʲi
- Syllabification: wi‧ki
Noun
wiki pl
- (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.
- town square
Declension
Declension of wiki
| plural (plurale tantum) | |
|---|---|
| Nominative | wiki |
| Genitive | wikow |
| Dative | wikam |
| Accusative | wiki |
| Instrumental | wikami |
| Locative | wikach |
Derived terms
- konjece wiki
- pjenjezne wiki
- wikowanišćo
- wjelike wiki
References
- ^ 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.
Māori
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈwiki/ [ˈwiki]
Etymology 1
Verb
wiki
- to form circular ripples on the surface of a fluid
Etymology 2
Transliteration of English week.
Noun
wiki
Derived terms
- mutunga wiki (“weekend”)
Etymology 3
Transliteration of English wick.
Noun
wiki
Further reading
- John C. Moorfield (2011), “wiki”, in Te Aka: Māori–English, English–Māori Dictionary and Index[7], 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, →ISBN
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Borrowed from English wiki, from Hawaiian wikiwiki (“quick”).
Noun
wiki m (definite singular wikien, indefinite plural wikier, definite plural wikiene)
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)
Derived terms
- wikifisere
Portuguese
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English wiki.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈwi.ki/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈwi.ki/
Noun
wiki f or (less common) m (plural wikis)
- wiki (website allowing collaborative editing of content)
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈwiki/ [ˈwi.ki], /ˈɡwiki/ [ˈɡwi.ki]
- Rhymes: -iki
- Syllabification: wi‧ki
Noun
wiki m or f same meaning (plural wikis)
Sranan Tongo
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /wiki/, [wici], [wit͡ʃi]
Noun
wiki
Swahili
Etymology
Borrowed from English week.[1][2]
Pronunciation
Audio (Kenya): (file)
Noun
wiki class IX (plural wiki class X)
- a week
Synonyms
References
- ^ Batibo, Herman M. (1996), “Loanword clusters nativization rules in Tswana and Swahili: a comparative study”, in South African Journal of African Language[2], volume 16, number 2, , page 38 of 33-41
- ^ Gower, R. H. (April 1952), “Swahili Borrowings from English”, in Africa[3], volume 22, number 2, , page 154 of 154-157
Swedish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /viːkɪ/, /vɪkɪ/, /wiːkɪ/, /wɪkɪ/
Noun
wiki c
- wiki.
Declension
| 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
Turkish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈvici/, /ˈɥici/
- Hyphenation: wi‧ki
Noun
wiki (definite accusative wikiyi, plural wikiler)
Declension
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Unami
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Algonquian *wi·kiwa (“to dwell”).
Verb
wiki (VAI (animate-subject intransitive))
- To dwell, to have a house, to reside.
- Nora Thompson Dean, “Na Òkwës Òk Na Chëmamës Achimëwakàn [The Fox and The Rabbit Story]”, in Lenape Talking Dictionary[8]:
- Kwëtën òkwës wiku kixki sipunk.
- Once upon a time, a fox was living near a creek.
Conjugation
| wiki | |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| wiki | |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| 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 |
| wiki | |
|---|---|
| 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 |
References
- Rementer, Jim with Pearson, Bruce L. (2005), “wiku”, in Grant Leneaux, Raymond Whritenour, editors, The Lenape Talking Dictionary, The Lenape Language Preservation Project