wika
Old Saxon
Noun
wika f
- week
Descendants
- Middle Low German: wēke
- German Low German: Week
- Plautdietsch: Wäakj
Tagalog
Alternative forms
- 'ka, 'ika – contraction
- uica, vica, vyca – obsolete, Abecedario orthography
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit, possibilities are:
- Sanskrit जिह्विका (jihvikā), feminine of जिह्वक (jihvaka, “tongue”), derived from जिह्वा (jihvā́, “tongue”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́iȷ́ʰwáH. Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s and a possible doublet of lengguwahe.
- Sanskrit वाक (vāka, “sounding; speaking; chattering; murmuring”) or Sanskrit वाक्य (vākya, “speech; saying; assertion; statement; command; words”), according to Juan Francisco (1963, 1973). Related to basa.
- Sanskrit विवेक (viveka, “consideration; discussion; investigation”), according to Pardo de Tavera (1887).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: wi‧ka
- IPA(key): /ˈwikaʔ/, [ˈwi.xɐʔ]
Noun
wikà (Baybayin spelling ᜏᜒᜃ)
- (linguistics) language
- Synonyms: lengguwahe, salita, lengguwa, (Marinduque) ergo
- Ang wika ng mga Amerikano ― The language of the Americans
- Ang wikang Tagalog ― The Tagalog language
- utterance; statement
- Synonyms: sabi, sinabi
- (by extension) insult
- Synonyms: insulto, lait, upasala, alipusta, paglait, pag-alipusta, pag-upasala, paghamak
- (obsolete) belief; thinking
- Synonym: akala
- Wika ko'y malayo pa ay narito na tayo. ― My thoughts are it's still far but we're already here.
- Maiging wika iyan. ― That's a good thought.
Derived terms
- aghamwika
- agwika
- dalubwika
- dalubwikaan
- dalubwikain
- gawang-wika
- inang wika
- ipagwika
- kamo
- katagang wika
- kawikaan
- magwika
- magwika-wika
- mangwika
- mapagwika
- mapagwika
- mawika
- mawikain
- pagwika
- pagwikaan
- pagwikaan
- pagwikain
- palasariwikaan
- palawika
- palawikaan
- palawikain
- palawikainan
- pinagwikaan
- salawikain
- sariwika
- sawikain
- wikaan
- wikain
- wikang banyaga
- wikang dayuhan
- wikang kompromiso
- wikang pambansa
- wikang pampanitikan
- wikang panturo
- wikang prangka
- wikawik
- wika-wika
Related terms
- wikawik
See also
- anang
- ani
- diyalekto
Further reading
- “wika”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018
- Francisco, Juan R. (January 1963), chapter 1, in Indian Influences In The Philippines With Special Reference To Language And Literature (PhD), University of Madras, page 57
- Pilipinas, Philippine Studies Committee, Southeast Asia Council, Association for Asian Studies, 2004
- Pardo de Tavera, Trinidad Hermenegildo (1887) El sanscrito en la lengua tagalog, la Faculté de médecine, A. Davy