kiekie

See also: kiʻekiʻe

English

Wikispecies

Alternative forms

  • kie-kie

Etymology

Borrowing from Maori kiekie

Noun

kiekie

  1. Freycinetia banksii, a high-climbing shrub of New Zealand.

Afrikaans

Etymology 1

From kiek +‎ -ie.

Noun

kiekie (plural kiekies)

  1. diminutive of kiek

Etymology 2

From kiekie (“diminutive of kiek”).

Noun

kiekie (plural kiekies, diminutive kiekietjie)

  1. photo; photograph (usually taken by an amateur photographer)
  2. (figuratively) brief but very vivid description through writing or spoken words
Synonyms

Maori

Etymology

From Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *kiekie (“Freycinetia species”) from Proto-Oceanic *kiRe-kiRe (“pandanus”) from Proto-Oceanic *kiRe from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kiRay.

Noun

kiekie

  1. A vine used by the Maori for food and as material for mats, Freycinetia banksii

Descendants

  • → English: kiekie
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