weke

Afrikaans

Noun

weke

1. plural of week

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Dutch

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -eːkə

Adjective

weke

1. (deprecated template usage) Inflected form of week

Verb

weke

1. (deprecated template usage) (archaic) singular past subjunctive of wijken

Verb

weke

1. (deprecated template usage) (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
• 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-Germanic *wikǭ.

Alternative forms

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

Pronunciation

• 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 a Sunday to a Saturday; a calendar week)
3. week (any duration of (around) seven days)
4. (six-day) workweek (a duration of six days from a Monday to a 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-Germanic *wikǭ.

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
   1. Such wicking used for medical purposes; e.g. as a bandage
4. A low-quality kind of textile

Descendants

• English: wick

References

• “wẹ̄̆k(e (n.(1))”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-11.

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, retrieved 2018-04-11.

Etymology 4

From Old Norse veikr.

Adjective

weke

1. Alternative form of weyk