wiki

Etymology

1995.^[1] Abbreviated from WikiWikiWeb, from Hawaiian wikiwiki (“quick”) + English web.

Pronunciation

• enPR: wĭʹkē, wēʹkē, IPA^(key): /ˈwɪki/, /ˈwiːki/

• Audio (US)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɪki, -iːki
• Homophones: wicky, weaky

Noun

wiki (plural wikis)

1. A collaborative website which can be directly edited merely by using a web browser, often by anyone with access to it.

Verb

wiki (third-person singular simple present wikis, present participle wikiing, simple past and past participle wikied)

1. (transitive) 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, 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 conduct research on a wiki.
3. (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, 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; 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

4. (transitive) To participate in the wiki-based production of.
   • 2009 October 19, “Cooking Consensus: Will Wiki Work in the Kitchen?”, in Time‎:

     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.

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

• Kiwi, kiwi

Pronunciation

Noun

wiki

1. wiki
2. (incorrectly refers to) Wikipedia

Etymology

Borrowed from English wiki.

Noun

wiki c (singular definite wikien, plural indefinite wikier)

1. A wiki.

Anagrams

• kiwi

Etymology

Borrowed from English wiki.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋiki/

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

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

1. wiki

Anagrams

• kiwi

Etymology

Borrowed from English wiki.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wi.ki/

Noun

wiki m (plural wikis)

1. wiki

Anagrams

• kiwi

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *witi (note: only attested in Central-Eastern Polynesian).^[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈviki]

Verb

wiki

1. (stative) hasten, speed up.
2. (stative) be swift, speedy, quick.

References

• “wiki” in the Hawaiian Dictionary, Revised and Enlarged Edition, University of Hawaii Press, 1986

Etymology

Borrowed from English week.

Noun

wiki

1. week

   palu wiki : two weeks

References

• Bill Palmer, Kokota Grammar, page 380 →ISBN

Etymology

Borrowed from English wiki.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwi˦kə˧/, /ˈwi˦ki˨/

Noun

wiki

1. wiki

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvʲikʲi/

Noun

wiki pl (plural only)

1. (literary, commerce) market

   Stwórtk su pśecej wiki.

   The market is always [open] on Thursdays.

   • 1998, Erwin Hannusch, chapter 1, 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

References

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.

Etymology

Borrowed from English wiki, from Hawaiian wikiwiki (“quick”).

Noun

wiki m

1. A wiki.

Noun

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

1. wiki (website allowing collaborative editing of content)

Etymology

Borrowed from English wiki.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwi.ki/, /ˈɡwi.ki/

Noun

wiki m, f (plural wikis)

1. wiki

Etymology

Borrowed from English week.

Noun

wiki (n class, plural wiki)

1. a week

Etymology

Borrowed from English wiki.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /viːkɪ/, /vɪkɪ/, /wiːkɪ/, /wɪkɪ/

Noun

wiki c

1. wiki.

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 (kʿsan), Albanian (një)zet, Welsh ugain). Compare Tocharian B ikäṃ.

Numeral

wiki

1. (cardinal) twenty

Etymology

Borrowed from English wiki.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvici/
• Hyphenation: wi‧ki

Noun

wiki (definite accusative wikiyi, plural wikiler)

1. wiki