wiki

See also: Wiki

English
WOTD – 31 December 2006

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • enPR: wĭʹkē, wēʹkē, IPA(key): /ˈwɪki/, /ˈwiːki/
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Audio (AU)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɪki, -iːki
  • Homophones: wicky, weaky, wickie

Noun

wiki (plural wikis)

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

Hyponyms
  • private wiki
  • protected wiki
  • public wiki

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 (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, 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.‎, 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

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. “wiki” in Den Danske Ordbog.

Anagrams

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English wiki.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈʋiki/
  • Audio(file)

Noun

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

  1. wiki

Derived terms
  • wikiën

Anagrams

Finnish

Etymology

From English wiki, formed from Hawaiian wikiwiki.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈwiki/, [ˈwik̟i]
  • Rhymes: -iki
  • Syllabification(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
  • IPA(key): /wi.ki/
  • Audio(file)

Noun

wiki m (plural wikis)

  1. wiki

Derived terms

Anagrams

Hawaiian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈviki]

Verb

wiki

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

Derived terms

References
  • Pukui, Mary Kawena, Elbert, Samuel H. (1986) “wiki”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press
  1. “POLLEX entry”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎, 2022 February 18 (last accessed), archived from the original on 9 May 2021

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from English wiki.

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: wi‧ki

Noun

wiki (first-person possessive wikiku, second-person possessive wikimu, third-person possessive wikinya)

  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

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
  • IPA(key): /ˈvʲikʲi/

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
  • konjece wiki
  • pjenjezne wiki
  • wikowanišćo
  • wjelike wiki

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

Verb

wiki

  1. to form circular ripples on the surface of a fluid

Etymology 2

Transliteration of English week

Noun

wiki

  1. week

Etymology 3

Transliteration of English wick

Noun

wiki

  1. wick; fuse

Norwegian

Etymology

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

Noun

wiki m

  1. A wiki.

Inflection
Inflection of wiki
indefinite singular definite singular indefinite plural definite plural
Bokmål m wiki wikien wikier wikiene
Nynorsk m wiki wikien wikiar wikiane

Derived terms
  • wikifisere

Portuguese

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
  • IPA(key): /ˈwi.ki/

Noun

wiki

  1. week

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from English week.

Pronunciation
  • Audio (Kenya)(file)

Noun

wiki (n class, plural wiki)

  1. a week

Synonyms

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from English wiki.

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

Noun

wiki c

  1. wiki.

Declension
Declension of wiki 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative wiki wikin wikier wikierna
Genitive wikis wikins wikiers 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/
  • Hyphenation: wi‧ki

Noun

wiki (definite accusative wikiyi, plural wikiler)

  1. wiki

Declension
Inflection
Nominative wiki
Definite accusative wikiyi
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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