keiki

See also: Keiki

English

keiki (sense 2)

Etymology

From Hawaiian keiki (“child”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkeɪ.ki/

Noun

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

Translations

young plant of orchid

• Czech: keiki n
• French: keiki (fr) m
• German: Keiki n
• Polish: keiki (pl) n
• Russian: кеики m (keiki)
• Ukrainian: кейкі m (kejki)

Hawaiian

Etymology

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

Noun

keiki

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

Descendants

• → English: keiki
• → Czech: keiki
• → French: keiki
• → German: Keiki
• → Polish: keiki
• → Russian: кеики (keiki)
• → Ukrainian: кейкі (kejki)

References

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

Japanese

Romanization

keiki

1. Rōmaji transcription of けいき

Polish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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