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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
1995[1]. Abbreviated from WikiWikiWeb (first wiki software), from Hawaiian wikiwiki (“quick”) + English web.
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- enPR: wĭʹkē, wēʹkē, IPA: /ˈwɪki/, /ˈwiːki/, X-SAMPA: /"wIki/, /"wi:ki/
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Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɪki, -iːki
- Homophone: wicky
[edit] Noun
wiki (plural wikis)
- A collaborative website which can be directly edited using only a web browser, often by anyone with access to it.
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[edit] Verb
wiki (third-person singular simple present wikis, present participle wikiing, simple past and past participle wikied)
- (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”, 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”, 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.
- (intransitive) To conduct research on a wiki.
- (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
- 2006, Deptford Tv, Deptford.TV Diaries, page 73:
- (transitive) To participate in the wiki-based production of.
- 2009 October 19, “Cooking Consensus: Will Wiki Work in the Kitchen?”[1], 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.
- 2009 October 19, “Cooking Consensus: Will Wiki Work in the Kitchen?”[1], Time:
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- wikify
- wikiholic
- wikilink
- The names of many wiki-based Web projects, e.g. Wikipedia, Wikisource, Wiktionary (Wiktionarian), WikiLeaks, Wikibooks, Wikimedia Foundation.
[edit] References
- “wiki” in The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition, Houghton Mifflin Company, 2000.
- "wiki" in the Webster's New Millennium Dictionary of English, Preview Edition (v 0.9.6), Lexico Publishing Group, 2003-2005.
- Notes:
- ^ Cunningham, Ward (2005). "Correspondence on the Etymology of Wiki". Ward Cunningham. URL accessed on 28 February 2010.
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[edit] Dutch
[edit] Etymology
From English wiki.
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[edit] Noun
wiki m. (plural wiki's, diminutive wikietje)
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[edit] Noun
wiki m. (plural wikis)
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[edit] Hawaiian
[edit] Etymology
From Proto-Polynesian *witi (note: only attested in Central-Eastern Polynesian).[1]
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wiki
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- “wiki” in the Hawaiian Dictionary, Revised and Enlarged Edition, University of Hawaii Press, 1986
[edit] Limburgish
[edit] Etymology
From English wiki.
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- IPA: /ˈwi˦kə˧/, /ˈwi˦ki˨/
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wiki
[edit] Lower Sorbian
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From Middle Low German wīk, from Latin vicus.[1]
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wiki pt (plurale tantum)
- market (commerce),[2]
- Stwórtk su pśecej wiki.
- The market is always [open] on Thursdays.
- Stwórtk su pśecej wiki.
- town square.[2]
[edit] Declension
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | wiki | ||
| Genitive | wikow | ||
| Dative | wikam | ||
| Accusative | wiki | ||
| Instrumental | wikami | ||
| Locative | wikach[3] |
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- Notes:
- ^ Bartels, Hauke. (2009). Lower Sorbian vocabulary. In: Haspelmath, Martin & Tadmor, Uri (eds.) World Loanword Database. München : Max Planck Digital Library. URL: http://wold.livingsources.org/vocabulary/10 Accessed on 2011-04-13.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Bogumil Šwjela: Dolnoserbsko-němski słownik, Ludowe nakładnistwo Domowina, Budyšyn, 1963., str. 451.
- ^ Manfred Starosta: Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik, Ludowe nakładnistwo Domowina, Budyšyn, 1999., ISBN 3-7420-1096-4
[edit] Norwegian
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From English wiki, from Hawaiian wikiwiki (“quick”).
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wiki m.
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[edit] Spanish
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈwi.ki/, /ˈɡwi.ki/
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From English wiki.
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wiki m. and f. (plural wikis)
[edit] Swahili
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From English week.
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wiki
- a week
[edit] Swedish
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /viːkɪ/, /vɪkɪ/, /wiːkɪ/, /wɪkɪ/
[edit] Noun
wiki c.
- wiki.
[edit] Declension
The plurals are not agreed upon, other words for the indefinite plural nominative presently in use include wikier, wikis, wikisar, wikior, wikiar, wiki etc.
- English terms derived from Hawaiian
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- Dutch terms derived from English
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- English terms derived from Proto-Polynesian
- Hawaiian verbs
- Hawaiian stative verbs
- Limburgish terms derived from English
- Limburgish nouns
- Limburgish entries lacking inflection
- Lower Sorbian nouns
- English pluralia tantum
- Norwegian terms derived from English
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- Spanish terms derived from English
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- Swahili terms derived from English
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