wiku

Elfdalian

Noun

wiku f (definite singular wiką̊)

1. 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

• IPA^(key): [ˈwiku]
• Hyphenation: wi‧ku

Noun

wiku

1. (obsolete) monk.

Further reading

• “wiku” 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.

Javanese

Romanization

wiku

1. Romanization of ꦮꦶꦏꦸ

Old Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Pali bhikkhu (“beggar, Buddhist monk”), from Sanskrit भिक्षु (bhikṣú, “mendicant”). Doublet of biku.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wi.ku/
• Rhymes: -ku
• Hyphenation: wi‧ku

Noun

wiku

1. holy man, sage
2. priest
3. monk, nun, ascetic, anchorite or anchoress, hermit

Alternative forms

• biku

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

• > Javanese: ꦮꦶꦏꦸ (wiku) (inherited)
  • → Indonesian: wiku
• → Balinese: ᬯᬶᬓᬸ (wiku)

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 (animate intransitive verbs)

1. (animate, intransitive) he dwells, he lives (in a dwelling), has a house

Conjugation

present indicative conjugation of wiku

wiku
1st person singular	nëwiki
2nd person singular	kwiki
3rd person singular	wiku
1st person plural inclusive	nëwikihëna
1st person plural exclusive	kwikihëna
2nd person plural	kwikihëmo
3rd person plural	wikuwàk

present conjunct conjugation of wiku

wiku
1st person singular	wikia
2nd person singular	wikiàn
3rd person singular	wikit
1st person plural inclusive	wikiènkw
1st person plural exclusive	wikiènkw
2nd person plural	wikièkw
3rd person plural	wikihtit

subjunctive conjugation of wiku

wiki
1st person singular	wikiane
2nd person singular	wikiàne
3rd person singular	wikite
1st person plural inclusive	wikiànkwe
1st person plural exclusive	wikiànkwe
2nd person plural	wikièkwe
3rd person plural	wikihtite

Future conjugation of wiku

mitsi
1st person singular	nëwikìch or xu nëwiki
2nd person singular	kwikìch or xu kwiki
3rd person singular	wikùch or xu wiku
1st person plural inclusive	nëwikihënàch or xu nëwikihëna
1st person plural exclusive	kwikihënàch or xu këwikihëna
2nd person plural	kwikihëmòch or xu kwikihëmo
3rd person plural	wikuwàkch or xu wikuwàk

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