kiekie
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
kiekie
- Freycinetia banksii, a high-climbing shrub of New Zealand.
Afrikaans[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Noun[edit]
kiekie (plural kiekies)
- Diminutive of kiek
Etymology 2[edit]
From kiekie (“diminutive of kiek”).
Noun[edit]
kiekie (plural kiekies, diminutive kiekietjie)
- photo; photograph (usually taken by an amateur photographer)
- (figuratively) brief but very vivid description through writing or spoken words
Synonyms[edit]
- (photograph): foto
Maori[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *kiekie (“Freycinetia species”) from Proto-Oceanic *kiRe-kiRe (“pandanus”) from Proto-Oceanic *kiRe from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kiRay.
Noun[edit]
kiekie
- A vine used by the Maori for food and as material for mats, Freycinetia banksii
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- Maori lemmas
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