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Wik

Wik

See also: wik

English

Proper noun

Wik

  1. An indigenous Australian people from northern Queensland.
  2. Any of their various languages, belonging to the Paman language family.

wik

wik

See also: Wik

Chuukese

Noun

wik

  1. week

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

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Germanic *wīk-, from Latin vicus (village), from Proto-Indo-European *wéyḱs (village, household). Cognate with Ancient Greek οἶκος (oîkos), Albanian vis (place, land, country), Gothic 𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌷𐍃 (weihs). Closer cognate with Old Frisian wīk, Old English wīc (English wick), Dutch wijk, Old High German wīh (German Weichbild). Replaced earlier Proto-Germanic *wīhsą (village, settlement) of the same Proto-Indo-European root.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /wiːk/

Noun

wīk f

  1. settlement, village, dwelling

Descendants


Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English week.

Noun

wik

  1. week
    • 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Genesis 2:3 (translation here):
      Na God i tambuim de namba 7 na em i tok olsem de namba 7 bilong olgeta wik em i bikpela de bilong em yet, long wanem, em i wokim pinis olgeta samting na long dispela de em i malolo.
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Wadjiginy

Noun

wik

  1. water

References

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