Wednesday, February 14, 2007

Wikiwiki

So, Morgan said in class that wiki was the Hawaiian word for 'quick'. I thought I'd google it and see what I came up with. I studied Maori language last spring semester, and it sounded like it came from that language-group. It's true, a Hawaiian word for 'quick' is wikiwiki. The first listed word for quick though, is awiwi. I would make a guess, from my experience with Maori, that awiwi is an adjective, wikiwiki is a command... but I might just be making that up. This is the website I used. Take it for what it's worth :)

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