Noun: kiwi
| Singular | kiwi |
| Plural | kiwi; kiwis |
Sample Sentences
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And as its role grew in importance, ground commanders, or kiwis as they were called, made many mistakes in judgment […] [1953, Air Force: Official Service Journal of the U.S. Army Air Forces:]
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Now Rex he was a Texan out of New Orleans and he travelled with the carnival shows
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He ran bumper cars, sucked cheap cigars and he candied up his nose
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He got wind of the big brown beaver so he thought he'd take himself a peek
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But the beaver was quick and he grabbed him by the kiwis
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And he ain't pissed for a week (and a half) [1995, “Wynona's Big Brown Beaver”, performed by Primus:]
Nouns inflected like kiwi
seiyuu,
sensei,
senryu,
whaanau,
xianbing,
samlor,
salumi,
salmon,
sika deer,
shrimp,
shumai,
eastern moa,
Guarani-Kaiowá,
northern shrimp,
izakaya,
pūkeko,
autopaizuri,
yukata,
yueqin,
panzerotti, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kiuk
3. Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *kiuk
4. Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *kiuk
5. Proto-Oceanic *kiuk
6. Proto-Polynesian *kiu
7. Māori kiwibor.
8. English kiwi
9. Borrowed from Māori kiwi.
Verbs referencing "kiwi"
Catalan Nouns
kiwi, Dutch Nouns
kiwi, Spanish Nouns
kiwi, German Nouns
Kiwi, Hungarian Nouns
kivi, Bulgarian Nouns
киви, Finnish Nouns
kiivi, Portuguese Nouns
quivi, Irish Nouns
cíobhaí.