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Elfdalian
Noun
wiku f (definite singular wiką̊)
- alternative spelling of wikå (“week”)
Indonesian
Etymology
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
Noun
wiku
Further reading
- “wiku”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016
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Javanese
Romanization
wiku
- romanization of ꦮꦶꦏꦸ
Old Javanese
Etymology
Borrowed from Pali bhikkhu (“beggar, Buddhist monk”), from Sanskrit भिक्षु (bhikṣú, “mendicant”). Doublet of biku.
Pronunciation
Noun
wiku
Alternative forms
Derived terms
- amikwani
- awiku
- awikwa-wikwan
- kabikuan
- kawikuan
- kawikun
- kawikwan
- makawiku
- winikon
- para wiku
- wiku haji
- wiku hijo
- wiku mirah
- wiku nagara
- wiku rarā
- wiku rājya
- wiku talun
- wikubhāwa
- wikubrati
Descendants
Further reading
- "wiku" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.
Unami
Etymology
From
- /wiki/: to dwell, have a house
- /-w: third person
Cognate with Munsee wíikuw (“he dwells”).
Verb
wiku (VAI (animate-subject intransitive))
Conjugation
Related terms
- wikëwam
- wikhao
- wikhe
- wikhèt
- wikhatuwàk
References
- Rementer, Jim with Pearson, Bruce L. (2005), “wiku”, in Leneaux, Grant, Whritenour, Raymond, editors, The Lenape Talking Dictionary, The Lenape Language Preservation Project
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