wik

See also: Wik

Choctaw

Etymology

From English week

Noun

wīk (alienable)

1. week

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Chuukese

Etymology

Borrowed from English week.

Noun

wik

1. week

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Iwam

Noun

wik

1. woman

References

• transnewguinea.org, citing D. C. Laycock, Languages of the Lumi Subdistrict (West Sepik District), New Guinea (1968), Oceanic Linguistics, 7 (1): 36-66

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Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English wicce.

Adjective

wik

1. Alternative form of wikke

Etymology 2

From Old English wēoce.

Noun

wik

1. Alternative form of weke (“wick”)

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Old Saxon

Etymology

From Latin vīcus, from Proto-Indo-European *weyḱ-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wiːk/

Noun

wīk f

1. settlement, village, dwelling

Descendants

• Middle Low German: wîk

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Tok Pisin

Etymology 1

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] English week.

Noun

wik

1. week
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Etymology 2

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] English wick.

Noun

wik

1. wick

Etymology 3

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] English weak.

Adjective

wik

1. weak

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Wadjiginy

Noun

wik

1. water

References

• Darrell T. Tryon, An introduction to Maranungku (Northern Australia) (1970) (quoted online in ASJP)