киви

Bulgarian

Etymology

from English kiwi through Russian киви (kivi)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkivi]

• Audio:

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Noun

ки́ви • (kívi) n

1. kiwi (A wingless bird, a subclass of running birds that have hair-like feathers and live in New Zealand.)
2. kiwi (botanical) (singular only) (A genus of climbing shrubs with small white flowers of inflorescences and juicy fleshy fruit with small seeds and greenish blossom. Actinidia.)
   1. kiwi (The fruit of these bushes.)
   2. kiwi (Carbonated refreshing drink with greenish color and essence of this fruit.)

Declension

Declension of ки́ви

	singular	plural
indefinite	ки́ви kívi	ки́вита kívita
definite	ки́вито kívito	ки́витата kívitata

References

• “киви”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “киви”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Kazakh

Alternative scripts
Arabic	كيۆي
Cyrillic	киви
Latin	kivi

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian ки́ви (kívi), from Maori kiwi.

Noun

киви • (kivi)

1. kiwi fruit, Actinidia deliciosa
2. kiwi (bird), Apteryx

Declension

declension of киви

	singular (жекеше)	plural (көпше)
nominative (атау септік)	киви (kivi)	кивилер (kiviler)
genitive (ілік септік)	кивинің (kivinıñ)	кивилердің (kivilerdıñ)
dative (барыс септік)	кивиге (kivige)	кивилерге (kivilerge)
accusative (табыс септік)	кивині (kivinı)	кивилерді (kivilerdı)
locative (жатыс септік)	кивиде (kivide)	кивилерде (kivilerde)
ablative (шығыс септік)	кивиден (kividen)	кивилерден (kivilerden)
instrumental (көмектес септік)	кивимен (kivimen)	кивилермен (kivilermen)

Macedonian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkivi]

Noun

киви • (kivi) n (plural кивија)

1. kiwi fruit

   Synonym: актинидија (aktinidija)

2. kiwi (bird)

Declension

Declension of киви

	singular	plural
indefinite	киви	кивија
definite unspecified	кивито	кивијата
definite proximal	кививо	кивијава
definite distal	кивино	кивијана
vocative	киви	кивија

Russian

киви

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkʲivʲɪ]

• Audio:

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Noun

ки́ви • (kívi) n inan (indeclinable)

1. kiwi (fruit)

Noun

ки́ви • (kívi) f anim (indeclinable)

1. kiwi (bird)

Descendants

• → Kazakh: киви (kivi)

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

киви m (Latin spelling kivi)

1. kiwi fruit