wiku

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Elfdalian

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Noun

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wiku f (definite singular wiką̊)

  1. Alternative spelling of wikå (week)

Indonesian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Javanese ꦮꦶꦏꦸ (wiku, priest; monk, nun), from Old Javanese wiku (sage; priest; monk, nun), from Pali bhikkhu (beggar, Buddhist monk), from Sanskrit भिक्षु (bhikṣú, mendicant). Doublet of biku and biksu.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈwiku]
  • Hyphenation: wi‧ku

Noun

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wiku

  1. (obsolete) monk.

Further reading

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Javanese

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Romanization

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wiku

  1. Romanization of ꦮꦶꦏꦸ

Old Javanese

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Pali bhikkhu (beggar, Buddhist monk), from Sanskrit भिक्षु (bhikṣú, mendicant). Doublet of biku.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /wi.ku/
  • Rhymes: -ku
  • Hyphenation: wi‧ku

Noun

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wiku

  1. holy man, sage
  2. priest
  3. monk, nun, ascetic, anchorite or anchoress, hermit

Alternative forms

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • > Javanese: ꦮꦶꦏꦸ (wiku) (inherited)
    • Indonesian: wiku
  • Balinese: ᬯᬶᬓᬸ (wiku)

Further reading

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  • "wiku" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Unami

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Etymology

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From

  • /wiki/: to dwell, have a house
  • /-w: third person

Cognate with Munsee wíikuw (he dwells).

Verb

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wiku (animate intransitive verbs)

  1. (animate, intransitive) he dwells, he lives (in a dwelling), has a house

Conjugation

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References

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  • Rementer, Jim with Pearson, Bruce L. (2005) “wiku”, in Leneaux, Grant, Whritenour, Raymond, editors, The Lenape Talking Dictionary, The Lenape Language Preservation Project