קיווי
Hebrew
Pronunciation
- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /ˈki.vi/
Noun
קיווי / קִיוִי • (kívi) m (plural indefinite קיווים / קִיוִים)
- kiwi (a flightless bird of the order Apterygiformes native to New Zealand)
- kiwi fruit
Yiddish
Etymology
Borrowed from English kiwi, from Maori kiwi.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkɪvɪ/
- Hyphenation: קי‧ווי
Noun
קיווי • (kivi) m
- kiwi (a flightless bird of the order Apterygiformes native to New Zealand)
- kiwi fruit
Derived terms
- קיוויפֿרוכט (kivifrukht)
References
- Paul Abelson (1915) “apteryx”, in English-Yiddish Encyclopedic Dictionary, New York: The Jewish Press