keiki
See also: Keiki
English edit
Etymology edit
From Hawaiian keiki (“child”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
keiki (plural keikis)
- (Hawaii) child or offspring.
- (horticulture) young plant in orchids that develops on the shoot in place of flower after flowering
Translations edit
Hawaiian edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Eastern Polynesian *taiti (“child”). Cognates include Mangarevan teiti, Rapa taeti, Rarotongan taiti, Tuamotuan taaiti.
Noun edit
keiki
Descendants edit
- → English: keiki
- → Czech: keiki
- → French: keiki
- → German: Keiki
- → Polish: keiki
- → Russian: кеики (keiki)
- → Ukrainian: кейкі (kejki)
References edit
- The template Template:R:Pukui&Elbert does not use the parameter(s):
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Please see Module:checkparams for help with this warning.Pukui, Mary Kawena, Elbert, Samuel H. (1986) “keiki”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press
Japanese edit
Romanization edit
keiki
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Derived from Hawaiian keiki (“child”), possibly via English keiki.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
keiki n (indeclinable)
- (horticulture) keiki (young plant of orchid)
- 2015, Maribel Medina, translated by Joanna Ostrowska, Sangre de barro [Krwawy doping], Sonia Draga, →ISBN:
- Wiesz, czy ma jakieś keiki? – Ma dwa czy trzy dzieciaczki. – Okay. Może roślina macierzysta jest w złym stanie i próbuje desperacko się rozmnożyć
- Do you know if it has any keiki? – He has two or three children. – Okay. Maybe the mother plant is in bad shape and trying desperately to reproduce itself