keiki

From Hawaiian keiki (“child”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈkeɪ.ki/

keiki (plural keikis)

1. (Hawaii) child or offspring.
3. (horticulture) young plant in orchids that develops on the shoot in place of flower after flowering

Inherited from Proto-Eastern Polynesian *taiti (“child”). Cognates include Mangarevan teiti, Rapa taeti, Rarotongan taiti, Tuamotuan taaiti.

keiki

1. child
2. offspring
3. boy
4. son
5. nephew
6. calf, colt, kid, cub
7. worker
8. (horticulture) shoot, sucker

• Pukui, Mary Kawena, Elbert, Samuel H. (1986) “keiki”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, page 142

Borrowed from Hawaiian keiki (“child”), from Proto-Eastern Polynesian *taiti (“child”).

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /keˈiki/ [keˈi.ki]
• Rhymes: -iki
• Syllabification: ke‧i‧ki

keiki (plural keiki-keiki)

1. (horticulture) keiki

• “keiki” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

keiki

1. Rōmaji transcription of けいき

Derived from Hawaiian keiki (“child”), possibly via English keiki.

• IPA^(key): /kɛˈi.ki/
• Rhymes: -iki
• Syllabification: ke‧i‧ki

keiki n (indeclinable)

1. (horticulture) keiki (young plant of orchid)
   • 2015, Maribel Medina, translated by Joanna Ostrowska, Sangre de barro [Krwawy doping], Sonia Draga, →ISBN:

     Wiesz, czy ma jakieś keiki? – Ma dwa czy trzy dzieciaczki. – Okay. Może roślina macierzysta jest w złym stanie i próbuje desperacko się rozmnożyć

     Do you know if it has any keiki? – He has two or three children. – Okay. Maybe the mother plant is in bad shape and trying desperately to reproduce itself