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語源

From an unattested English dialectal word *weak (“moist; moisture”) +‎ -y. Compare voky, woky.

*Weak is from 中期英語 *weke, *wak, *wok, from Old Norse vǫkr (“moist; damp; wet”) and Old Norse vǫkvi, vǫkva (“moisture; juice”), from Proto-Germanic *wakwaz (“moist”) and *wakwô, *wakwijô (“moisture; wetness; open water; icehole”), from Proto-Indo-European *wegʷ- (“wet”).

発音

• (Standard) IPA: /ˈwiki/, /ˈweɪki/
• (Northern England) IPA: /ˈwiːkɪ/, /ˈweːkɪ/
• 異形同音異義語: wiki, wakey

形容詞

weaky (comparative weakier, superlative weakiest) (UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland)

1. moist; damp; clammy
2. juicy; mellow
3. watery
4. pliant; soft

派生語

• weakiness

アナグラム

• wakey, Wakey