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Hawaiian

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Etymology

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    Reduplication of wiki, from Proto-Eastern Polynesian *witi (compare Tahitian viti (“fast, rapid, alert”)).[1][2]

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /ˌwi.kiˈwi.ki/, [ˌʋi.tiˈʋi.ti]

    Verb

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    wikiwiki

    1. (stative) to be quick, to be speedy

    Descendants

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    • → English: wiki

    References

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    1. ^ Pukui, Mary Kawena, Elbert, Samuel H. (1986) “wikiwiki”, in Hawaiian Dictionary‎[1], revised & enlarged edition, Honolulu, HI: University of Hawai'i Press, →ISBN, page 385
    2. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “witi”, in “POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 50, number 2, pages 551-559
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