iwi

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Maori iwi (literally “bone”), ultimately from Proto-Austronesian *duʀi (“thorn”). Doublet of durian, from Malay.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈiːwi/
• Rhymes: -iːwi

Noun

iwi (plural iwis or iwi)

1. (New Zealand) A Maori tribe.
   • 1996, Diane Bell, Renate Klein, Radically speaking: feminism reclaimed, page 505:

     Through her, the women of my iwi are also beautiful, strong and powerful.

Anagrams

• Wii

Abinomn

Noun

iwi

1. little brother

German

Adverb

iwi

1. (Internet slang, text messaging) Abbreviation of irgendwie.

Hawaiian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *hui, from Proto-Oceanic *suʀi/ruʀi (“thorn, splinter, fish bone”), from Proto-Austronesian *duʀi (“thorn”).

Noun

iwi

1. bone

Lokono

Noun

iwi

1. fruit

References

• de Goeje, C. H. (1928) The Arawak Language of Guiana‎^[1], Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 45

Maia

Noun

iwi

1. number

Maori

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *hui (cognate with Samoan ivi and Tahitian ivi), from Proto-Oceanic *suʀi/ruʀi (“thorn, splinter, fish bone”), from Proto-Austronesian *duʀi (“thorn”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈiwi/

Noun

iwi

1. extended kinship group, tribe, nation, people, nationality, race (often refers to a large group of people descended from a common ancestor and associated with a distinct territory)
2. strength, bone

Derived terms

• aukati iwi (“racism”)
• iwi kāinga (“local people, hosts, home crowd”)
• Iwi Poa (“Afrikaners, Boers - South Africans of Dutch descent”)
• iwi taketake (“indigenous people, native people”)
• iwi whānui (“general population, public”)
• iwi whenua (“indigenous people, native people”)
• kaiwhakawhanaunga ā-iwi (“race relations conciliator”)
• Mana Whakahaere ā-Iwi (“Iwi Authority”)
• patu iwi (“bone weapon, weapon for destroying people; genocide”)
• poutoko iwi (“community leader”)
• reo ā-iwi (“dialect, tribal dialect”)
• rūnanga ā-iwi (“tribal council”)
• Tari Tiaki Iwi (“Public Trust”)
• tauiwi (“foreigner, non-Maori”)
• tikanga ā-iwi (“cultural practice, social science, tribal custom”)
• Tira Ahu Iwi (“Iwi Transition Agency”)
• tūreiti e te iwi (“too late”)
• Ngā Iwi (“a tribe that once lived in the Auckland”)
• Whakaratonga Iwi (“New Zealand Fire Service”)

 

References

• “iwi” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.
• Tregear, Edward (1891) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary‎^[2], Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, page 109

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʔiwi/, [ˈʔi.wɪ]
• Hyphenation: i‧wi

Noun

iwi (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜏᜒ)

1. taking care of a domestic animal in behalf of the owner (while possibly getting half of its offspring as his share)
2. domestic animal taken care of in behalf of the owner
3. (by extension) rearing of a child; bringing up of children

   Synonyms: alaga, pag-aalaga

4. (figurative) possession of talent, beauty, etc.

   Synonyms: angkin, pag-aangkin, taglay, pagtataglay

5. (figurative) something possessed

   Synonym: pag-aari

Derived terms

• ipaiwi
• iwihin
• mag-iwi
• pag-iiwi
• pag-iwi
• paiwi
• tagaiwi

 

See also

• iwan

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔiˈwi/, [ʔɪˈwi]
• Hyphenation: i‧wi

Noun

iwí (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜏᜒ)

1. (western Marinduque) scorpion

   Synonyms: alakdan, atang-atang, (colloquial) pitumbuko

Ye'kwana

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ivi]

Noun

iwi

1. the Amazonian brown brocket, Mazama nemorivaga

References

• Alberto Rodriguez, Nalúa Rosa Silva Monterrey, Hernán Castellanos, et al., editors (2012), “iwi”, in Ye’kwana-Sanema Nüchü’tammeküdü Medewadinña Tüwötö’se’totojo [Guidelines for the management of the Ye’kwana and Sanema territories in the Caura River basin in Venezuela]‎^[3] (overall work in Ye'kwana and Spanish), Forest Peoples Programme, →ISBN, page 125
• Hall, Katherine Lee (1988) “iwi”, in The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University

Yoruba

Etymology

Compare with ewì (“Yoruba poetry”)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ī.wì/

Noun

iwì

1. A form of Yoruba oral poetry, consisting of chanting and invocation performed by worshippers of the Egúngún

   Synonym: ẹ̀sà