קיווי

Hebrew

Pronunciation

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈki.vi/

Noun

קיווי / קִיוִי • (kívi) m (plural indefinite קיווים / קִיוִים)

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

Yiddish

.אַ קיווי

Etymology

Borrowed from English kiwi, from Maori kiwi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɪvɪ/
• Hyphenation: קי‧ווי

Noun

קיווי • (kivi) m

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

Derived terms

• קיוויפֿרוכט (kivifrukht)

References

• Paul Abelson (1915) “apteryx”, in English-Yiddish Encyclopedic Dictionary, New York: The Jewish Press