Reduplication of wiki, from Proto-Eastern Polynesian *witi (compare Tahitian viti (“fast, rapid, alert”)).[1][2]
- IPA(key): /ˌwi.kiˈwi.ki/, [ˌʋi.tiˈʋi.ti]
wikiwiki
- (stative) quick, speedy
- ^ Pukui, Mary Kawena, Elbert, Samuel H. (1986) “wikiwiki”, in Hawaiian Dictionary[1], revised & enlarged edition, Honolulu, HI: University of Hawai'i Press, →ISBN, page 385
- ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “witi”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online
