# wiki
## English
### Etymology

First appearance in 1995 in PC Week. Abbreviated from WikiWikiWeb, from Hawaiian wikiwiki (“quick”) + English web.

### Pronunciation

* enPR: wĭʹkē, wēʹkē, IPA: /ˈwɪki/, /ˈwiːki/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Audio (General Australian):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɪki, -iːki
* Homophones: wicky, weaky, wickie

### Noun

wiki (plural wikis)
* A collaborative website which can be directly edited merely by using a web browser, often by anyone who has access to it.

#### Derived terms

* MediaWiki
* Wikibooks
* Wikidata
* WikiLeaks
* Wikimania
* Wikimedia
* Wikinews
* Wikipedia
* Wikipedist
* Wikiportal
* Wikiquote
* Wikisource
* Wikispecies
* Wikiversity
* Wikivoyage
* Wiktionarian
* Wiktionary
* interwiki
* off-wiki
* on-wiki
* subwiki
* transwiki
* wikian
* wikibreak
* wikicode
* wiki crack
* wiki farm
* wikifarm
* wikification
* wikify
* wikiholic
* Wikiholic
* wikilawyering
* wikiless
* wikilike
* wikilink
* wiki magic
* wiki markup
* wikiness
* wikinomics
* wikiphobe
* wikiphobia
* wikiquette
* wikisphere
* wikistorming
* wikitext
* wikitime
* wikitorial
* wikiverse
* wiki walk
* Wiknic

#### Translations
### Verb

wiki (third-person singular simple present wikis, present participle wikiing, simple past and past participle wikied)
* (transitive, intransitive) To research on Wikipedia or some similar wiki.
    To get an understanding of the topics, he quickly went online and wikied each one.
** 2008 December 1, GeekDad, “Son of a Geek: Comics and Growing Up the DC Way”, in Wired News:I tore through his collection wikiing any plot points that I missed learning the importance of the players of the DC universe
** 2009 June 18, Lizz Holmans, “Janus”, in uk.rec.sheds‎ (Usenet):Her English is no better than my Portuguese, but I wikied 'influenza' in Portuguese and it came up with 'gripe'
** 2010, Noemi Gonzalez, Journey, page 65:I did research on the internet and found out so. I “wikied” it.
* (intransitive) To contribute to a wiki.
** 2006, Deptford Tv, Deptford.TV Diaries, page 73:Blogging, wiki-ing, coding are all activities that generate authorial product.
** 2007, Dan Woods with Peter Thoeny, Wikis for dummies, page 17:The best way to start wiki-ing is to find an existing wiki (that is, a hosted wiki) and start adding to it.
** 2008, Robert E. Cummings with Matt Barton, Wiki writing: collaborative learning in the college classroom, page 46:For example, blog and wiki software can be used to support all sorts of activities that are not commonly associated with the activities of “blogging” or “wikiing.” This includes activities like sharing syllabi, publishing announcements
* (transitive) To participate in the wiki-based production of.
** 2009 October 19, “Cooking Consensus: Will Wiki Work in the Kitchen?”, in Time‎, archived from the original on 4 June 2011:The history of wikied novels isn't pretty (Penguin Books never published the gobbledygook that was "A Million Penguins"), and no one has dared wiki a jazz song.

#### Translations
### See also

* sukuma wiki

### References

* “wiki”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 2000, →ISBN.
* "wiki" in the Webster's New Millennium Dictionary of English, Preview Edition (v 0.9.6), Lexico Publishing Group, 2003-2005.
* Notes:
* ↑ Cunningham, Ward (2005) “Correspondence on the Etymology of Wiki”, in Cunningham & Cunningham, Inc.‎, retrieved 28 February 2010

### Anagrams

* Kiwi, kiwi

## Catalan
### Alternative forms

* viqui

### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English wiki.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [ˈbi.ki]
* IPA: (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈvi.ki]

### Noun

wiki m (plural wikis)
* wiki

## Chinese
### Etymology

From English wiki.

### Pronunciation

* Cantonese (Jyutping): wi$^1$ ki$^2$
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: wi$^1$ ki$^2$
*** Yale: wī kí
*** Cantonese Pinyin: wi$^1$ ki$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: wi$^1$ ki$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /wiː⁵⁵ kʰiː³⁵/

### Verb

wiki
* (Hong Kong Cantonese) to wiki; to research on Wikipedia

### Proper noun

wiki
* (Hong Kong Cantonese) Wikipedia

#### Alternative forms

* Wiki

### Noun

wiki
* (Hong Kong Cantonese) article on Wikipedia

## Choctaw
### Alternative forms

* Spelling variants
** weki (traditional)

### Adjective

wīki
* heavy

## Danish
### Etymology

Borrowed from English wiki.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈviki/, /ˈvikʰi/, /ˈwikʰi/

### Noun

wiki c (singular definite wikien, plural indefinite wikier)
* A wiki.

#### Derived terms

* wikikette
* wikikode
* Wikipedia
* Wikipediabrugerside

### References

* 1 2 3 “wiki” in Den Danske Ordbog.

### Anagrams

* kiwi

## Dutch
### Etymology

Borrowed from English wiki.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈʋiki/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

wiki m (plural wiki's, diminutive wikietje n)
* wiki

#### Derived terms

* wikiën

### Anagrams

* kiwi

## Finnish
### Etymology

From English wiki, formed from Hawaiian wikiwiki.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈwiki/, [ˈwik̟i]
* Rhymes: -iki
* Hyphenation: wi‧ki

### Noun

wiki
* wiki (collaborative website)

#### Declension

Possessive forms of wiki (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
wikini
wikini
accusative
nom.
wikini
wikini
gen.
wikini
genitive
wikini
wikieni
partitive
wikiäni
wikejäni
inessive
wikissäni
wikeissäni
elative
wikistäni
wikeistäni
illative
wikiini
wikeihini
adessive
wikilläni
wikeilläni
ablative
wikiltäni
wikeiltäni
allative
wikilleni
wikeilleni
essive
wikinäni
wikeinäni
translative
wikikseni
wikeikseni
abessive
wikittäni
wikeittäni
instructive
comitative
—wikeineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
wikisi
wikisi
accusative
nom.
wikisi
wikisi
gen.
wikisi
genitive
wikisi
wikiesi
partitive
wikiäsi
wikejäsi
inessive
wikissäsi
wikeissäsi
elative
wikistäsi
wikeistäsi
illative
wikiisi
wikeihisi
adessive
wikilläsi
wikeilläsi
ablative
wikiltäsi
wikeiltäsi
allative
wikillesi
wikeillesi
essive
wikinäsi
wikeinäsi
translative
wikiksesi
wikeiksesi
abessive
wikittäsi
wikeittäsi
instructive
comitative
—wikeinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
wikimme
wikimme
accusative
nom.
wikimme
wikimme
gen.
wikimme
genitive
wikimme
wikiemme
partitive
wikiämme
wikejämme
inessive
wikissämme
wikeissämme
elative
wikistämme
wikeistämme
illative
wikiimme
wikeihimme
adessive
wikillämme
wikeillämme
ablative
wikiltämme
wikeiltämme
allative
wikillemme
wikeillemme
essive
wikinämme
wikeinämme
translative
wikiksemme
wikeiksemme
abessive
wikittämme
wikeittämme
instructive
comitative
—wikeinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
wikinne
wikinne
accusative
nom.
wikinne
wikinne
gen.
wikinne
genitive
wikinne
wikienne
partitive
wikiänne
wikejänne
inessive
wikissänne
wikeissänne
elative
wikistänne
wikeistänne
illative
wikiinne
wikeihinne
adessive
wikillänne
wikeillänne
ablative
wikiltänne
wikeiltänne
allative
wikillenne
wikeillenne
essive
wikinänne
wikeinänne
translative
wikiksenne
wikeiksenne
abessive
wikittänne
wikeittänne
instructive
comitative
—wikeinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
wikinsä
wikinsä
accusative
nom.
wikinsä
wikinsä
gen.
wikinsä
genitive
wikinsä
wikiensä
partitive
wikiään wikiänsä
wikejään wikejänsä
inessive
wikissään wikissänsä
wikeissään wikeissänsä
elative
wikistään wikistänsä
wikeistään wikeistänsä
illative
wikiinsä
wikeihinsä
adessive
wikillään wikillänsä
wikeillään wikeillänsä
ablative
wikiltään wikiltänsä
wikeiltään wikeiltänsä
allative
wikilleen wikillensä
wikeilleen wikeillensä
essive
wikinään wikinänsä
wikeinään wikeinänsä
translative
wikikseen wikiksensä
wikeikseen wikeiksensä
abessive
wikittään wikittänsä
wikeittään wikeittänsä
instructive
comitative
—wikeineen wikeinensä :

#### Derived terms

* Wikisanakirja
* wikisivusto
* wikiteksti

### Further reading

* “wiki”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-04

## French
### Etymology

Borrowed from English wiki.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /wi.ki/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

wiki m (plural wikis)
* wiki

#### Derived terms

* wikifier
* wikiprojet
* Wikipédia
* Wiktionnaire

### Anagrams

* kiwi

## Hawaiian
### Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *witi. Note that this reconstruction is only attested in Central-Eastern Polynesian.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈwi.ki/, [ˈʋi.ti]

### Verb

wiki
* (stative) to hasten, to speed up
* (stative) to be swift, to be speedy, to be quick

#### Derived terms

* wikiwiki

### References

* ↑ “POLLEX entry”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎, 2022 February 18 (last accessed), archived from the original on 9 May 2021
* Pukui, Mary Kawena, Elbert, Samuel H. (1986) “wiki”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press

## Indonesian
### Etymology

Borrowed from English wiki.

### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: wi‧ki

### Noun

wiki (plural wiki-wiki)
* wiki

### Further reading

* “wiki” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Japanese
### Romanization

wiki
* Rōmaji transcription of ウィキ

## Kokota
### Etymology

Borrowed from English week.

### Noun

wiki
* week
    palu wiki : two weeks

### References

* Bill Palmer, Kokota Grammar, page 380 →ISBN

## Latvian
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English wiki

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈviki/

### Noun

wiki m (invariable)
* wiki

## Limburgish
### Etymology

Borrowed from English wiki.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈwi˦kə˧/, /ˈwi˦ki˨/

### Noun

wiki m
* wiki

#### Inflection

This entry needs an inflection-table template.

## Lower Sorbian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German wīk, from Latin vicus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈvʲikʲi/

### Noun

wiki pl
* (literary, commerce) market
    Stwórtk su pśecej wiki.The market is always [open] on Thursdays.
** 1998, Erwin Hannusch, chapter 1, in Niedersorbisch praktisch und verständlich, Bautzen: Domowina Verlag, →ISBN, page 20:Tšochu dalej su Stare wiki.Somewhat further on is the Old Market.
* town square

#### Derived terms

* konjece wiki
* pjenjezne wiki
* wikowanišćo
* wjelike wiki

### References

* ↑ Bartels, Hauke (2009). "Lower Sorbian vocabulary". In Haspelmath, Martin; Tadmor, Uri. World Loanword Database. Munich: Max Planck Digital Library. Retrieved 2011-04-13.

### Further reading

* Starosta, Manfred: Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik, Ludowe nakładnistwo Domowina, Budyšyn, 1999., →ISBN
* Šwjela, Bogumil: Dolnoserbsko-němski słownik, Ludowe nakładnistwo Domowina, Budyšyn, 1963., p. 451.

## Maori
### Etymology 1
#### Verb

wiki
* to form circular ripples on the surface of a fluid

### Etymology 2

Transliteration of English week

#### Noun

wiki
* week

### Etymology 3

Transliteration of English wick

#### Noun

wiki
* wick; fuse

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

Borrowed from English wiki, from Hawaiian wikiwiki (“quick”).

### Noun

wiki m (definite singular wikien, indefinite plural wikier, definite plural wikiene)
* wiki

#### Derived terms

* wikifisere

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

Borrowed from English wiki, from Hawaiian wikiwiki (“quick”).

### Noun

wiki m (definite singular wikien, indefinite plural wikiar, definite plural wikiane)
* wiki

#### Derived terms

* wikifisere

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English wiki.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈwi.ki/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈwi.ki/

### Noun

wiki f or (less common) m (plural wikis)
* wiki (website allowing collaborative editing of content)

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from English wiki.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈwiki/ [ˈwi.ki], /ˈɡwiki/ [ˈɡwi.ki]
* Rhymes: -iki
* Syllabification: wi‧ki

### Noun

wiki m or f same meaning (plural wikis)
* wiki

## Sranan Tongo
### Etymology

From English week.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈwi.ki/

### Noun

wiki
* week

## Swahili
### Etymology

Borrowed from English week.

### Pronunciation

* Audio (Kenya):(file)

### Noun

wiki class IX (plural wiki class X)
* a week

#### Synonyms

* juma

### References

* ↑ Batibo, Herman M. (1996) “Loanword clusters nativization rules in Tswana and Swahili: a comparative study”, in South African Journal of African Language‎, volume 16, number 2, →DOI, page 38 of 33-41

## Swedish
### Etymology

Borrowed from English wiki.

### Pronunciation

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

### Noun

wiki c
* wiki.

#### Declension

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

## Tocharian A
### Etymology

From Proto-Tocharian *w'īkän, from Proto-Indo-European *(d)wi(h₁)dḱm̥ti (cognate with Latin vīgintī, Ancient Greek εἴκοσι (eíkosi), Doric ϝείκατι (weíkati), Sanskrit विंशति (viṃśati), Avestan 𐬬𐬍𐬯𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌 (vīsa$^i$ti), Ossetian инсӕй (insæj), Armenian քսան (kʻsan), Albanian (një)zet, Welsh ugain). Compare Tocharian B ikäṃ.

### Numeral

wiki
* twenty

## Turkish
### Etymology

Borrowed from English wiki.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈvici/, /ˈɥici/
* Hyphenation: wi‧ki

### Noun

wiki (definite accusative wikiyi, plural wikiler)
* wiki

#### Declension

singular
plural
nominative
wiki
wikiler
definite accusative
wikiyi
wikileri
dative
wikiye
wikilere
locative
wikide
wikilerde
ablative
wikiden
wikilerden
genitive
wikinin
wikilerin
Possessive forms
nominative
singular
plural
1st singular
wikim
wikilerim
2nd singular
wikin
wikilerin
3rd singular
wikisi
wikileri
1st plural
wikimiz
wikilerimiz
2nd plural
wikiniz
wikileriniz
3rd plural
wikileri
wikileri
definite accusative
singular
plural
1st singular
wikimi
wikilerimi
2nd singular
wikini
wikilerini
3rd singular
wikisini
wikilerini
1st plural
wikimizi
wikilerimizi
2nd plural
wikinizi
wikilerinizi
3rd plural
wikilerini
wikilerini
dative
singular
plural
1st singular
wikime
wikilerime
2nd singular
wikine
wikilerine
3rd singular
wikisine
wikilerine
1st plural
wikimize
wikilerimize
2nd plural
wikinize
wikilerinize
3rd plural
wikilerine
wikilerine
locative
singular
plural
1st singular
wikimde
wikilerimde
2nd singular
wikinde
wikilerinde
3rd singular
wikisinde
wikilerinde
1st plural
wikimizde
wikilerimizde
2nd plural
wikinizde
wikilerinizde
3rd plural
wikilerinde
wikilerinde
ablative
singular
plural
1st singular
wikimden
wikilerimden
2nd singular
wikinden
wikilerinden
3rd singular
wikisinden
wikilerinden
1st plural
wikimizden
wikilerimizden
2nd plural
wikinizden
wikilerinizden
3rd plural
wikilerinden
wikilerinden
genitive
singular
plural
1st singular
wikimin
wikilerimin
2nd singular
wikinin
wikilerinin
3rd singular
wikisinin
wikilerinin
1st plural
wikimizin
wikilerimizin
2nd plural
wikinizin
wikilerinizin
3rd plural
wikilerinin
wikilerinin :