weke

Afrikaans

Noun

weke

1. plural of week

Dutch

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -eːkə

Adjective

weke

1. inflection of week:
   1. masculine/feminine singular attributive
   2. definite neuter singular attributive
   3. plural attributive

Verb

weke

1. (dated or formal) singular past subjunctive of wijken

Verb

weke

1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of weken

Anagrams

• week

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *wika, from Proto-West Germanic *wikā.

Noun

wēke f

1. week

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Dutch: week
  • Afrikaans: week
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: weki
  • Jersey Dutch: wêk
  • Negerhollands: week
  • → Lokono: 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)

1. week (a duration of seven days from Sunday to Saturday; a calendar week)
2. week (any duration of (around) seven days)
3. (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, from Proto-West Germanic *weukā (“flax bundle, wick”), from Proto-Indo-European *weg- (“to weave”), 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

1. A candlewick or wick.
2. The cord or rope used to create wicks; wicking.
3. Wicking used in medical contexts (e.g. as a bandage).
4. A kind of low-quality textile.

Descendants

• English: wick
• Scots: week

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Old Norse vǫkva (“moisture”), from vǫkr (“wet”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈweːk(ə)/

Noun

weke

1. (rare) wetness

References

• “weke, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-11.

Etymology 4

Adjective

weke

1. (Northern) Alternative form of quyk

Etymology 5

Adjective

weke

1. Alternative form of weyk