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Hawaiian

Etymology

    Reduplication of wiki, from Proto-Eastern Polynesian *witi (compare Tahitian viti (fast, rapid, alert)).[1][2]

    Pronunciation

    Verb

    wikiwiki

    1. (stative) quick, speedy

    Descendants

    • English: wiki

    References

    1. ^ Pukui, Mary Kawena, Elbert, Samuel H. (1986) “wikiwiki”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, revised & enlarged edition, Honolulu, HI: University of Hawai'i Press, →ISBN, page 385
    2. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “witi”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online