weke

Afrikaans

Noun

weke

1. plural of week

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Dutch

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -eːkə

Adjective

weke

1. Inflected form of week

Verb

weke

1. (archaic) singular past subjunctive of wijken

Verb

weke

1. (archaic) singular present subjunctive of weken

Anagrams

• week

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Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *wika, from Proto-West Germanic *wikā.

Noun

wēke f

1. week

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Dutch: week
  • Afrikaans: week
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: weki
  • Jersey Dutch: wêk
  • Negerhollands: week
  • → Arawak: wiki
  • →? Sranan Tongo: wiki
    • → Aukan: wiki
    • → Saramaccan: wíki
• Limburgish: waek

Further reading

• “weke (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “weke (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I

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Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English wiċe, wucu; from Proto-West Germanic *wikā, from Proto-Germanic *wikǭ.

Alternative forms

• week, weeke, weyke, wieke, wike, woke, wouke, wowke, wuke, wycke, wyke

Pronunciation

• (mainly Early ME) IPA^(key): /ˈwik(ə)/, /ˈwuk(ə)/
• IPA^(key): /ˈweːk(ə)/, /ˈwoːk(ə)/

Noun

weke (plural wekes or weken)

1. week (a duration of seven days from Sunday to Saturday; a calendar week)
2. week (any duration of (around) seven days)
3. (six-day) workweek (a duration of six days from Monday to Saturday)

Derived terms

• wekely
• weke-day

Descendants

• English: week
• Scots: wouk
• Yola: wick, wik

References

• “wẹ̄k(e, n.(3).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-11.

Etymology 2

From Old English wēoce, from Proto-West Germanic *weukā (“flax bundle, wick”), from Proto-Indo-European *weg- (“to weave”), see also West Frisian wjok, wjuk (“wing”), Dutch wiek (“wing; propeller, blade; wick”), German Wieche (“wisp; wick”).

Alternative forms

• wec, weeke, weike, weyk, weyke, wik, wyk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈweːk(ə)/, /ˈwik(ə)/

Noun

weke

1. A candlewick or wick.
2. The cord or rope used to create wicks; wicking.
3. Wicking used in medical contexts (e.g. as a bandage).
4. A kind of low-quality textile.

Descendants

• English: wick
• Scots: week

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Old Norse vǫkva (“moisture”), from vǫkr (“wet”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈweːk(ə)/

Noun

weke

1. (rare) wetness

References

• “weke, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-11.

Etymology 4

Adjective

weke

1. (Northern) Alternative form of quyk

Etymology 5

Adjective

weke

1. Alternative form of weyk