weke

weke

1. plural of week

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• Rhymes: -eːkə

weke

1. Inflected form of week

weke

1. (archaic) singular past subjunctive of wijken

weke

1. (archaic) singular present subjunctive of weken

• week

From Old Dutch *wika, from Proto-Germanic *wikǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *weyg- (“to bend, wind, turn, yield”).

wēke f

1. week

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• Dutch: week
• Limburgish: waek

• “weke (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• “weke (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929

From Old English wice, wucu; from Proto-Germanic *wikǭ.

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

• (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 a Sunday to a Saturday; a calendar week)
2. week (any duration of (around) seven days)
3. (six-day) workweek (a duration of six days from a Monday to a 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 2018-04-11.

From Old English wēoce; from Proto-Germanic *wikǭ.

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈweːk(ə)/, /ˈwɛk(ə)/

weke

1. A candlewick or wick
2. The cord or rope used to create wicks; wicking
   1. Such wicking used for medical purposes; e.g. as a bandage
3. A low-quality kind of textile

• English: wick

• “wẹ̄̆k(e (n.(1))” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-11.

Akin to Old Norse vökva.

• IPA^(key): /ˈwɛk(ə)/

weke

1. wetness

• English: weke (obsolete)

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

From Old Norse veikr.

weke

1. Alternative form of weyk