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* Classical Greek (<code>grc</code>, f.) "<span lang="grc">Νῑ́κη</span>" (<i lang="grc">Nī́kē</i>) → Modern Greek (<code>ell</code>, f.) "<span lang="el">Νίκη</span>" (<i lang="el">Níki</i>) → Modern English (<code>eng</code>, f.) "<strong>Niki</strong>" | * Classical Greek (<code>grc</code>, f.) "<span lang="grc">Νῑ́κη</span>" (<i lang="grc">Nī́kē</i>) → Modern Greek (<code>ell</code>, f.) "<span lang="el">Νίκη</span>" (<i lang="el">Níki</i>) → Modern English (<code>eng</code>, f.) "<strong>Niki</strong>" | ||
Should then "NikkiWiki" be translated as "successful wiki" or "quick success" from its roots in Greek and Hawaiian?  Well, technically yes but by coincidence, the English word "Nikki" is homographic with the Japanese Romaji word "<i lang="ja">nikki</i>" (Hiragana "<span lang="ja">にっき</span>", Kanji "<span lang="ja">日記</span>") meaning "diary" or "journal".  So a better interpretation of "NikkiWiki" is as "<i lang="mul">nikkiwiki</i>" which means "quickjournal" (or more literally "journal to make quick") as a Japanese-Hawaiian compound word.  "NikkiWiki" can also be interpreted as "NikkiWikiNikkiWiki" which means roughly "Nikki's quick journal wiki" in English, | Should then "NikkiWiki" be translated as "successful wiki" or "quick success" from its roots in Greek and Hawaiian?  Well, technically yes but by coincidence, the English word "Nikki" is homographic with the Japanese Romaji word "<i lang="ja">nikki</i>" (Hiragana "<span lang="ja">にっき</span>", Kanji "<span lang="ja">日記</span>") meaning "diary" or "journal".  So a better interpretation of "NikkiWiki" is as "<i lang="mul">nikkiwiki</i>" which means "quickjournal" (or more literally "journal to make quick") as a Japanese-Hawaiian compound word.  "NikkiWiki" can also be interpreted as "NikkiWikiNikkiWiki" which means roughly "Nikki's quick journal wiki" in English, Hawaiian, and Japanese. | ||
* Modern English (<code>eng</code>, f.) "Nikki" ↚ Japanese (<code>jpn</code>) "<span lang="ja">日記</span>" (<i lang="ja">nikki</i>, English "diary" or "journal") | * Modern English (<code>eng</code>, f.) "Nikki" ↚ Japanese (<code>jpn</code>) "<span lang="ja">日記</span>" (<i lang="ja">nikki</i>, English "diary" or "journal") | ||
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