weke
Afrikaans
Noun
weke
- plural of week
Dutch
Pronunciation
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -eːkə
Adjective
weke
- Inflected form of week
Verb
weke
- (archaic) singular past subjunctive of wijken
Verb
weke
- (archaic) singular present subjunctive of weken
Anagrams
- week
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch *wika, from Proto-West Germanic *wikā.
Noun
wēke f
- week
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
- Dutch: week
- Afrikaans: week
- Berbice Creole Dutch: weki
- Jersey Dutch: wêk
- Negerhollands: week
- → Arawak: wiki
- →? Sranan Tongo: wiki
- → Aukan: wiki
- → Saramaccan: wíki
- Limburgish: waek
Further reading
- “weke (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “weke (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English wiċe, wucu; from Proto-West Germanic *wikā, from Proto-Germanic *wikǭ.
Alternative forms
- week, weeke, weyke, wieke, wike, woke, wouke, wowke, wuke, wycke, wyke
Pronunciation
- (mainly Early ME) IPA(key): /ˈwik(ə)/, /ˈwuk(ə)/
- IPA(key): /ˈweːk(ə)/, /ˈwoːk(ə)/
Noun
weke (plural wekes or weken)
- week (a duration of seven days from Sunday to Saturday; a calendar week)
- week (any duration of (around) seven days)
- (six-day) workweek (a duration of six days from Monday to Saturday)
Derived terms
- wekely
- weke-day
Descendants
- English: week
- Scots: wouk
- Yola: wick, wik
References
- “wẹ̄k(e, n.(3).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-11.
Etymology 2
From Old English wēoce[1], from Proto-West Germanic *weukā (“flax bundle, wick”), from Proto-Indo-European *weg- (“to weave”),[2] see also West Frisian wjok, wjuk (“wing”), Dutch wiek (“wing; propeller, blade; wick”), German Wieche (“wisp; wick”).
Alternative forms
- wec, weeke, weike, weyk, weyke, wik, wyk
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈweːk(ə)/, /ˈwik(ə)/
Noun
weke
- A candlewick or wick.
- The cord or rope used to create wicks; wicking.
- Wicking used in medical contexts (e.g. as a bandage).
- A kind of low-quality textile.
Descendants
- English: wick
- Scots: week
References
- “wẹ̄̆k(e, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-11.
- Guus Kroonen, The Proto-Germanic n-stems: A study in diachronic morphophonology (Amsterdam: Rodopi, 2011), 160–1.
Etymology 3
Borrowed from Old Norse vǫkva (“moisture”), from vǫkr (“wet”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈweːk(ə)/
Noun
weke
- (rare) wetness
References
- “weke, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-11.
Adjective
weke
- (Northern) Alternative form of quyk
Adjective
weke
- Alternative form of weyk