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-Germanic *wikǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *weyg- (“to bend, wind, turn, yield”).

Noun

wēke f

1. week

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Dutch: week
  • Afrikaans: week
• 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 wice, wucu; from Proto-West Germanic *wikā, from Proto-Germanic *wikǭ.

Alternative forms

• week, weeke, weyke, wieke, wike, woke, wouke, 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)

2. week (a duration of seven days from Sunday to Saturday; a calendar week)
3. week (any duration of (around) seven days)
4. (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.

Etymology 2

From Old English wēoce, from Proto-Germanic *weukǭ (“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, wyk, weyk, weyke, weike, wik, weeke

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈweːk(ə)/, /ˈwɛk(ə)/

Noun

weke

2. A candlewick or wick
3. The cord or rope used to create wicks; wicking
4. Such wicking used for medical purposes; e.g. as a bandage
5. A low-quality kind of textile

Descendants

• English: wick

References

• “wẹ̄̆k(e, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 3

Akin to Old Norse vökva.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwɛk(ə)/

Noun

weke

2. wetness

Descendants

• English: weke (obsolete)

References

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

Etymology 4

Adjective

weke

1. Alternative form of weyk