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kiwi

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A brown kiwi (Apteryx australis).
 
Kiwi fruit.

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Māori kiwibor.
English kiwi

    Borrowed from Māori kiwi.

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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 (“a 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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    • → Catalan: kiwi
    • → Dutch: kiwi
    • → French: kiwi
    • → German: Kiwi
    • → Greek: κίουι (kíoui), κίβι (kívi)
    • → Korean: 키위 (kiwi)
    • → Polish: kiwi
    • → Portuguese: quivi, quiuí, kiwi (unadapted)
    • → Welsh: ciwi
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    kiwi (comparative more kiwi, superlative most kiwi)

    1. (informal) Alternative letter-case form of Kiwi (“of or from New Zealand”)

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    Genericized trademark from the brand of shoe polish originating in Australia, from Māori 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 Māori 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

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

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    kiwi n (indeclinable)

    1. kiwi, kiwi fruit

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    From Māori 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.

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

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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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    kiwi m (plural kiwis)

    1. kiwi fruit

    Indonesian

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    Borrowed from Māori kiwi.

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    kiwi (plural kiwi-kiwi)

    1. kiwi:
      2. a flightless bird of the order Apterygiformes native to New Zealand.
      4. a kiwi fruit.

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    Borrowed from Hokkien 客位 (kheh ūi, “guest's seat; passenger seat”).

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    kiwi (plural kiwi-kiwi or para kiwi)

    1. (archaic) plotter (in a boat)
      Synonym: rekan perahu
    2. (archaic) renter or occupant in a boat
      Synonym: juru petak

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    kiwi m (invariable)

    1. kiwi fruit
    2. kiwi

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    kiwi

    1. Rōmaji transcription of キウィ

    Māori

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    Etymology

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    From Proto-Polynesian *kiu,[1] from Proto-Central Pacific *kiu, from Proto-Oceanic *kiuk,[2] from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *kiuk, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *kiuk, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kiuk (“cheep, peep”), probably onomatopoeic for the bird's cry. Cognates include Tongan kiu.

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    kiwi

    1. kiwi (bird)

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    1. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “KIU.1”, in “POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 50, number 2, pages 551–9
    2. ^ M. Ross, A. Pawley, M. Osmond, editors (2011), The Lexicon of Proto-Oceanic‎[1], volume 4: Animals, Australian National University, →ISBN, pages 362–3

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

    1. kiwi fruit

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

    1. kiwi fruit

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    kiwi (#1.1)
     
    kiwi (#2.2)

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    Māori kiwibor.
    English kiwibor.
    Polish kiwi

      Borrowed from English kiwi.

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

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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[2] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
      • “kiwi”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[3] (in Polish)
      • kiwi in PWN's encyclopedia

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      kiwi m (plural kiwis)

      1. alternative form of quivi

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      Romanian

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      Borrowed from French kiwi.

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      kiwi f (plural kiwi)

      1. kiwi

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

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      Borrowed from English kiwi, from Māori kiwi.

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

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      kiwi m (plural kiwis)

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

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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

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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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