wiki

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Translations 1.4 Verb 1.4.1 Translations 1.5 Derived terms 1.6 References 1.7 Anagrams 2 Dutch 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Pronunciation 2.3 Noun 2.3.1 Derived terms 2.4 Anagrams 3 Limburgish 3.1 Etymology 3.2 Pronunciation 3.3 Noun 4 Swahili 4.1 Etymology 4.2 Noun 5 Swedish 5.1 Pronunciation 5.2 Noun 5.2.1 Inflection

[edit] English

Wikipedia

[edit] Etymology

Abbreviated from WikiWikiWeb (first wiki software), from Hawaiian wikiwiki (“‘quick’”) + English web. The first part is the Hawaiian pronunciation of the English word quick, duplicated for emphasis, and borrowed back into English.

[edit] Pronunciation

• enPR: wĭʹkē, wēʹkē, IPA: /ˈwɪ.ki/, /ˈwi.ki/, SAMPA: /"wI.ki/, /"wi.ki/
•  Audio (US)^{help, file}
• Rhymes: -ɪki or Rhymes: -iki

[edit] Noun

wiki (plural wikis)

1. A collaborative website which can be directly edited by anyone with access to it.

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[edit] Verb

to wiki (third-person singular simple present wikis, present participle wikiing, simple past and past participle wikied)

1. (transitive) To research a topic on Wikipedia or some similar wiki.

   To get an understanding of the topics, he quickly went online and wikied each one.

2. (intransitive) To contribute to a wiki.

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[edit] Derived terms

• transwiki
• wikify
• wikiholic
• wikilink
• Wikipedia
• Wikisource
• Wiktionary
• Wiktionarian

[edit] References

• “wiki” in The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition, Houghton Mifflin Company, 2000.
• "wiki" in the Webster's New Millennium Dictionary of English, Preview Edition (v 0.9.6), Lexico Publishing Group, 2003-2005.

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• kiwi

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[edit] Dutch

[edit] Etymology

From English wiki.

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• IPA: /ˈwiki/

[edit] Noun

wiki m. (plural wiki’s, diminutive wikietje)

1. wiki

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• wikiën

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• kiwi

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[edit] Limburgish

[edit] Etymology

From English wiki.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈwi˦kə˧/, /ˈwi˦ki˨/

[edit] Noun

wiki

1. wiki

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[edit] Swahili

[edit] Etymology

From English week.

[edit] Noun

wiki

1. a week

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[edit] Swedish

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /viːkɪ/, /vɪkɪ/, /wiːkɪ/, /wɪkɪ

[edit] Noun

wiki

1. wiki.

[edit] Inflection

Inflection for wiki	Singular		Plural
Common	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	wiki	wikin	wikier	wikierna
Genitive	wikis	wikins	wikiers	wikiernas

The plurals are not agreed upon, other words for the indefinite plural nominative presently in use include wikier, wikis, wikisar, wikior, wikiar, wiki etc.