weke

weke

1. plural of week

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• Rhymes: -eːkə

weke

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

weke

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

weke

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

• week

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

wēke f

1. week

• Dutch: week
  • Afrikaans: week
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: weki
  • Jersey Dutch: wêk
  • Negerhollands: week
  • → Lokono: wiki
  • →? Sranan Tongo: wiki
    • → Aukan: wiki
    • → Saramaccan: wíki
• Limburgish: waek

• “weke (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “weke (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I

From Old English wiċe, wucu; from Proto-West Germanic *wikā, from Proto-Germanic *wikǭ.

• week, weeke, weyke, wieke, wike, woke, wouke, wowke, wuke, wycke, wyke

• (mainly Early ME) IPA^(key): /ˈwik(ə)/, /ˈwuk(ə)/
• IPA^(key): /ˈweːk(ə)/, /ˈwoːk(ə)/

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)

• wekely
• weke-day

• English: week
• Scots: wouk
• Yola: wick, wik

• “wẹ̄k(e, n.(3).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 11 April 2018.

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”).

• wec, weeke, weike, weyk, weyke, wik, wyk

• IPA^(key): /ˈweːk(ə)/, /ˈwik(ə)/

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.

• English: wick
• Scots: week

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈweːk(ə)/

weke

1. (rare) wetness

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

weke

1. (Northern) alternative form of quyk

weke

1. alternative form of weyk