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* Classical Greek (<code>grc</code>, f.) "<span lang="grc">Νῑ́κη</span>" (<i lang="grc">Nī́kē</i>) → [[wikipedia:Modern Greek|Modern Greek]] (<code>ell</code>, f.) "[[wiktionary:Νίκη#Greek|<span lang="el">Νίκη</span>]]" (<i lang="el">Níki</i>) → Modern English (<code>eng</code>, f.) "<strong>[[wiktionary:Niki#English|Niki]]</strong>" | * Classical Greek (<code>grc</code>, f.) "<span lang="grc">Νῑ́κη</span>" (<i lang="grc">Nī́kē</i>) → [[wikipedia:Modern Greek|Modern Greek]] (<code>ell</code>, f.) "[[wiktionary:Νίκη#Greek|<span lang="el">Νίκη</span>]]" (<i lang="el">Níki</i>) → Modern English (<code>eng</code>, f.) "<strong>[[wiktionary:Niki#English|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 [[wikipedia:homograph|homographic]] with the Japanese [[wikipedia:Romaji|Romaji]] word "<i lang="ja">nikki</i>" ([[wikipedia:Hiragana|Hiragana]] "<span lang="ja">にっき</span>", [[wikipedia:Kanji|Kanji]] "<span lang="ja">日記</span>") meaning "diary" or "journal". <ref><code>[[wiktionary:日記#Japanese]]</code></ref>  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 [[wikipedia:compound word|compound word]].  "NikkiWiki" can also be interpreted as "NikkiNikkiWikiWiki" which means roughly "Nikki's quick journal wiki" in English, Japanese, and Hawaiian. | 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 [[wikipedia:homograph|homographic]] with the Japanese [[wikipedia:Romaji|Romaji]] word "<i lang="ja">nikki</i>" ([[wikipedia:Hiragana|Hiragana]] "<span lang="ja">にっき</span>", [[wikipedia:Kanji|Kanji]] "<span lang="ja">日記</span>") meaning "diary" or "journal". <ref><code>[[wiktionary:日記#Japanese]]</code></ref>  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 [[wikipedia:compound word|compound word]].  "NikkiWiki" can also be interpreted as an [[wikipedia:elision|elision]] of "NikkiNikkiWikiWiki" which means roughly "Nikki's quick journal wiki" in English, Japanese, and Hawaiian. | ||
* Modern English (<code>eng</code>, f.) "Nikki" ↚ [[wikipedia:Japanese language|Japanese]] (<code>jpn</code>) "[[wiktionary:日記#Japanese|<span lang="ja">日記</span>]]" (<i lang="ja">nikki</i>, English "diary" or "<strong>journal</strong>") | * Modern English (<code>eng</code>, f.) "Nikki" ↚ [[wikipedia:Japanese language|Japanese]] (<code>jpn</code>) "[[wiktionary:日記#Japanese|<span lang="ja">日記</span>]]" (<i lang="ja">nikki</i>, English "diary" or "<strong>journal</strong>") | ||