wika

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *wikā, from Proto-Germanic *wikǭ (“turn, succession, change, week”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyg-, *weyk- (“to bend, wind, turn, yield”). Related to Proto-Germanic *wīkaną (“to bend, yield, cease”).

Noun

wika f

1. week

Descendants

• Middle Low German: wēke
  • German Low German: Week
  • Plautdietsch: Wäakj

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-wika (infinitive kuwika)

1. to crow

Conjugation

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• 'ka, 'ika, ika, 'eka, eka — clipping
• uica, vica, vyca — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography

Etymology

Said to be 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. (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)
• 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).

Compare also Malay beka.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwikaʔ/,
• Hyphenation: wi‧ka

Noun

wikà (Baybayin spelling ᜏᜒᜃ)

1. (linguistics) language

   Synonyms: lengguwahe, salita, lengguwa, (Marinduque) ergo

   Ang wika ng mga Amerikano ― The language of the Americans

   Ang wikang Tagalog ― The Tagalog language

2. utterance; statement

   Synonyms: sabi, sinabi

3. (by extension) insult

   Synonyms: insulto, lait, upasala, alipusta, paglait, pag-alipusta, pag-upasala, paghamak

4. (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.

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See also

Further reading

• “wika”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 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, page 110
• Pardo de Tavera, Trinidad Hermenegildo (1887) El sanscrito en la lengua tagalog, la Faculté de médecine, A. Davy, page 54
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎ (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎, La Noble Villa de Pila
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  • page 386: “Lengua) Vica (pp) qualquiera que ſea de qualquier naçion, pero diferençianla anſi”
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  • page 475: “Penſar) Vyca (pp) algo”
  • page 509: “Raçon) Vyca (pp) queſe diçe hablando”