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kiwi

See also: Kiwi

English

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A brown kiwi (Apteryx australis).
 
Kiwi fruit.

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Maori kiwi.

Noun

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kiwi (countable and uncountable, plural kiwi or kiwis)

  2. A flightless bird of the order Apterygiformes native to New Zealand.
  3. Alternative letter-case form of Kiwi (“person from New Zealand”).
  4. (informal) A New Zealand dollar.
  6. A kiwi fruit.
  7. (uncountable) A green-yellow colour, like that of kiwi fruit flesh (also called kiwi green).
    kiwi:  
  8. (military, slang) A member of the air force who does not fly.
    • 1953, Air Force: Official Service Journal of the U.S. Army Air Forces:
      And as its role grew in importance, ground commanders, or kiwis as they were called, made many mistakes in judgment […]
  9. (slang, usually in the plural) A testicle.
    • 1995, “Wynona's Big Brown Beaver”, performed by Primus:
      Now Rex he was a Texan out of New Orleans and he travelled with the carnival shows
      He ran bumper cars, sucked cheap cigars and he candied up his nose
      He got wind of the big brown beaver so he thought he'd take himself a peek
      But the beaver was quick and he grabbed him by the kiwis
      And he ain't pissed for a week (and a half)
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  • When used to describe people, Kiwi is usually capitalised.
  • The plural is usually kiwis; sometimes, kiwi is found as an (invariant) plural form.
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Descendants
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  • → Catalan: kiwi
  • → Dutch: kiwi
  • → French: kiwi
  • → German: Kiwi
  • → Korean: 키위 (kiwi)
  • → Polish: kiwi
  • → Portuguese: quivi, quiuí, kiwi (unadapted)
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Etymology 2

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English Wikipedia has an article on:
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Genericized trademark from the brand of shoe polish originating in Australia, from Maori kiwi.

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kiwi (uncountable)

  1. (Singapore, military, slang) Any kind of black shoe polish.

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kiwi (third-person singular simple present kiwis, present participle kiwiing or kiwi-ing, simple past and past participle kiwied)

  1. (Singapore, military, slang) To polish (boots) with black shoe polish.
    • 1987, Michael Chiang, Army Daze, Landmark Books, →ISBN:
      Johari Salleh: Ya, ya. Better not waste time. Must prepare, tomorrow morning got inspection.
      Teo Ah Beng: Ya lah, must kiwi the boots. Can borrow [lend] me your cloth?
      Krishnamoorthy: Ya, no problem. You better kiwi quickly. 11 pm lights off. […]

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Catalan

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Borrowed from English kiwi.

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kiwi m (plural kiwis)

  1. kiwi (bird)
  2. kiwi (fruit)
    Synonym: actinídia

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Cebuano

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From English kiwi, from Maori kiwi.

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  • Hyphenation: ki‧wi

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kiwi

  1. a kiwi fruit
  2. a kiwi; a flightless bird of the genus Apteryx

Czech

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Maori kiwi. The fruit is named after the bird.

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kiwi n (indeclinable)

  1. kiwi, kiwi fruit

Danish

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Etymology

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From Maori kiwi. The fruit is named after the bird.

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  • IPA(key): /kiːvi/, [ˈkʰiːvi]

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kiwi c (singular definite kiwien, plural indefinite kiwier)

  1. kiwi (bird)
  2. kiwi, kiwi fruit

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Declension of kiwi
common
gender 		singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative kiwi kiwien kiwier kiwierne
genitive kiwis kiwiens kiwiers kiwiernes

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Dutch

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Actinidia deliciosa

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Borrowed from English kiwi.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈki.ʋi/
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  • Hyphenation: ki‧wi

Noun

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kiwi m (plural kiwi's, diminutive kiwietje n)

  1. kiwi (bird of the genus Apteryx)
  2. kiwi plant, Actinidia deliciosa syn. Actinidia chinensis var. hispida
  3. kiwi fruit, kiwi

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French

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Des kiwis.

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kiwi m (plural kiwis)

  1. kiwi; kiwi fruit

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Galician

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Noun

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kiwi m (plural kiwis)

  1. kiwi fruit

Italian

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kiwi m (invariable)

  1. kiwi fruit
  2. kiwi

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Japanese

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Romanization

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kiwi

  1. Rōmaji transcription of キウィ

Maori

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Etymology

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From Proto-Polynesian *kiu, from Proto-Oceanic *kiuk, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kiuk (“cheep, peep”), probably onomatopoeic for the bird's cry.

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kiwi

  1. kiwi (bird)

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Norwegian Bokmål

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kiwi m (definite singular kiwien, indefinite plural kiwier, definite plural kiwiene)

  1. kiwi fruit

Norwegian Nynorsk

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kiwi m (definite singular kiwien, indefinite plural kiwiar, definite plural kiwiane)

  1. kiwi fruit

Polish

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kiwi (#1.1)
 
kiwi (#2.2)

Etymology

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Borrowed from English kiwi.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈki.vi/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ivi
  • Syllabification: ki‧wi

Noun

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kiwi m animal (indeclinable)

  1. kiwi (any ratite of the order Apterygiformes)

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kiwi n (indeclinable)

  1. kiwi (any tree of the genus Actinidia)
  2. kiwi, kiwi fruit (fruit of the kiwi)

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  • kiwi in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • kiwi in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • kiwi in PWN's encyclopedia

Portuguese

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kiwi m (plural kiwis)

  1. Alternative form of quivi

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French kiwi.

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kiwi f (plural kiwi)

  1. kiwi

Declension

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Declension of kiwi
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative kiwi kiwiul kiwi kiwile
genitive-dative kiwi kiwii kiwi kiwilor
vocative — —

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English kiwi, from Maori kiwi.

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkiwi/ [ˈki.wi]
  • Rhymes: -iwi
  • Syllabification: ki‧wi

Noun

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kiwi m (plural kiwis)

  1. kiwi (bird)
  2. kiwi (fruit)

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Swahili

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kiwi class IX (plural kiwi class X)

  1. kiwi fruit

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kiwi c

  1. a kiwi (fruit)
    Synonym: kiwifrukt

Declension

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Declension of kiwi
nominative genitive
singular indefinite kiwi kiwis
definite kiwin kiwins
plural indefinite kiwier kiwiers
definite kiwierna kiwiernas

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