wik

See also: Wik

Chuukese

Etymology

Borrowed from English week.

Noun

wik

  1. week

Iwam

Noun

wik

  1. woman

References

  • transnewguinea.org, citing D. C. Laycock, Languages of the Lumi Subdistrict (West Sepik District), New Guinea (1968), Oceanic Linguistics, 7 (1): 36-66

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English wicce.

Adjective

wik

  1. Alternative form of wikke

Etymology 2

From Old English wēoce.

Noun

wik

  1. Alternative form of weke (“wick”)

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Latin vīcus, from Proto-Indo-European *weyḱ-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /wiːk/

Noun

wīk f

  1. settlement, village, dwelling

Descendants

Tok Pisin

Etymology 1

From English week.

Noun

wik

  1. week
    • 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Genesis 2:3 (translation here):
      Na God i tambuim de namba 7 na em i tok olsem de namba 7 bilong olgeta wik em i bikpela de bilong em yet, long wanem, em i wokim pinis olgeta samting na long dispela de em i malolo.

Etymology 2

From English wick.

Noun

wik

  1. wick

Etymology 3

From English weak.

Adjective

wik

  1. weak
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Wadjiginy

Noun

wik

  1. water

References

  • Darrell T. Tryon, An introduction to Maranungku (Northern Australia) (1970) (quoted online in ASJP)
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