kivi

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See also: Kivi, kíví, ki̱ví, and kì vĩ

Czech

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Etymology

Borrowed from Maori kiwi.

Pronunciation

Noun

kivi m anim

  1. kiwi (flightless bird of the genus Apteryx, native to New Zealand)

Declension

Further reading

  • kivi”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • kivi”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • kivi”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kivi, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *kiwe. Cognate with Finnish kivi, Hungarian .

Noun

kivi (genitive kivi, partitive kivi)

  1. stone, rock
  2. (slang) hashish
    Synonym: hašiš
  3. (slang) cannabis, weed

Declension

Declension of kivi (ÕS type 17e/kivi, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative kivi kivid
accusative nom.
gen. kivi
genitive kivide
partitive kivi kive
kivisid
illative kivvi
kivisse
kividesse
kivesse
inessive kivis kivides
kives
elative kivist kividest
kivest
allative kivile kividele
kivele
adessive kivil kividel
kivel
ablative kivilt kividelt
kivelt
translative kiviks kivideks
kiveks
terminative kivini kivideni
essive kivina kividena
abessive kivita kivideta
comitative kiviga kividega

Derived terms

References

  • (hashish): Estonian web page that provides information on narcotics

Finnish

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Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kivi, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *kiwe.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

kivi

  1. stone, rock (material)
    1. a piece of stone which is larger than a grain of sand
      Synonyms: musa (colloquial), mosa (dialectal), musari (colloquial, Helsinki)
      Near-synonyms: (large stone/rock) kivenmurikka, murikka
    2. rock (relatively small mass of stone projecting out of the ground)
      Near-synonym: kallio
    3. boulder
      Synonyms: lohkare, kivenlohkare, siirtolohkare
    4. A general term for solid, mineral-based construction materials, such as brick, concrete or natural stone.
  2. (nautical, informal) an underwater rock which may be dangerous for seafarers
    Synonym: kari
  3. Ellipsis of jalokivi (rock, jewel).
    Tässä kellossa on 17 kiveä.This clockwork mechanism is made with 17 jewels.
    Katso tuota kiveä hänen sormessaan!Look at that rock on her finger!
  4. (colloquial, snooker, pool, billiards) cue ball
    Synonym: lyöntipallo
  5. (colloquial, computer hardware) central processing unit
    Synonyms: suoritin, keskussuoritin, prosessori

Usage notes

A large mass of stone projecting out of ground is called kallio. Also, if the stone mass is known or assumed to be part of bedrock, it is called kallio even if the visible part is small. Similarly, if a large stone mass is known not to be part of bedrock, it may be called kivi or lohkare.

Declension

Inflection of kivi (Kotus type 7/ovi, no gradation)
nominative kivi kivet
genitive kiven kivien
partitive kiveä kiviä
illative kiveen kiviin
singular plural
nominative kivi kivet
accusative nom. kivi kivet
gen. kiven
genitive kiven kivien
partitive kiveä kiviä
inessive kivessä kivissä
elative kivestä kivistä
illative kiveen kiviin
adessive kivellä kivillä
ablative kiveltä kiviltä
allative kivelle kiville
essive kivenä kivinä
translative kiveksi kiviksi
abessive kivettä kivittä
instructive kivin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of kivi (Kotus type 7/ovi, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative kiveni kiveni
accusative nom. kiveni kiveni
gen. kiveni
genitive kiveni kivieni
partitive kiveäni kiviäni
inessive kivessäni kivissäni
elative kivestäni kivistäni
illative kiveeni kiviini
adessive kivelläni kivilläni
ablative kiveltäni kiviltäni
allative kivelleni kivilleni
essive kivenäni kivinäni
translative kivekseni kivikseni
abessive kivettäni kivittäni
instructive
comitative kivineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative kivesi kivesi
accusative nom. kivesi kivesi
gen. kivesi
genitive kivesi kiviesi
partitive kiveäsi kiviäsi
inessive kivessäsi kivissäsi
elative kivestäsi kivistäsi
illative kiveesi kiviisi
adessive kivelläsi kivilläsi
ablative kiveltäsi kiviltäsi
allative kivellesi kivillesi
essive kivenäsi kivinäsi
translative kiveksesi kiviksesi
abessive kivettäsi kivittäsi
instructive
comitative kivinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative kivemme kivemme
accusative nom. kivemme kivemme
gen. kivemme
genitive kivemme kiviemme
partitive kiveämme kiviämme
inessive kivessämme kivissämme
elative kivestämme kivistämme
illative kiveemme kiviimme
adessive kivellämme kivillämme
ablative kiveltämme kiviltämme
allative kivellemme kivillemme
essive kivenämme kivinämme
translative kiveksemme kiviksemme
abessive kivettämme kivittämme
instructive
comitative kivinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative kivenne kivenne
accusative nom. kivenne kivenne
gen. kivenne
genitive kivenne kivienne
partitive kiveänne kiviänne
inessive kivessänne kivissänne
elative kivestänne kivistänne
illative kiveenne kiviinne
adessive kivellänne kivillänne
ablative kiveltänne kiviltänne
allative kivellenne kivillenne
essive kivenänne kivinänne
translative kiveksenne kiviksenne
abessive kivettänne kivittänne
instructive
comitative kivinenne

Derived terms

compounds

References

  1. ^ Junttila, Santeri, Kallio, Petri, Holopainen, Sampsa, Kuokkala, Juha, Pystynen, Juho, editors (2020–), “kivi”, in Suomen vanhimman sanaston etymologinen verkkosanakirja (in Finnish), retrieved 2024-01-01

Further reading

Hungarian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From English kiwi, from Maori kiwi.

Noun

kivi (plural kivik)

  1. kiwi (flightless bird of the genus Apteryx)
  2. kiwi fruit (Chinese gooseberry vine fruit)
Declension
Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative kivi kivik
accusative kivit kiviket
dative kivinek kiviknek
instrumental kivivel kivikkel
causal-final kiviért kivikért
translative kivivé kivikké
terminative kiviig kivikig
essive-formal kiviként kivikként
essive-modal
inessive kiviben kivikben
superessive kivin kiviken
adessive kivinél kiviknél
illative kivibe kivikbe
sublative kivire kivikre
allative kivihez kivikhez
elative kiviből kivikből
delative kiviről kivikről
ablative kivitől kiviktől
non-attributive
possessive - singular
kivié kiviké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
kiviéi kivikéi
Possessive forms of kivi
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. kivim kivijeim(or kiviim)
2nd person sing. kivid kivijeid(or kiviid)
3rd person sing. kivije kivijei(or kivii)
1st person plural kivink kivijeink(or kiviink)
2nd person plural kivitek kivijeitek(or kiviitek)
3rd person plural kivijük kivijeik(or kiviik)
Derived terms
Compound words

Etymology 2

Clipping and -i diminutive of kíváncsi (curious).

Adjective

kivi (not comparable)

  1. (informal) curious (tending to ask questions)
    Synonym: kíváncsi
Declension
Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative kivi kivik
accusative kivit kiviket
dative kivinek kiviknek
instrumental kivivel kivikkel
causal-final kiviért kivikért
translative kivivé kivikké
terminative kiviig kivikig
essive-formal kiviként kivikként
essive-modal
inessive kiviben kivikben
superessive kivin kiviken
adessive kivinél kiviknél
illative kivibe kivikbe
sublative kivire kivikre
allative kivihez kivikhez
elative kiviből kivikből
delative kiviről kivikről
ablative kivitől kiviktől
non-attributive
possessive - singular
kivié kiviké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
kiviéi kivikéi

Ingrian

Kivi (1).

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kivi, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *kiwe. Cognates include Finnish kivi and Estonian kivi.

Pronunciation

Noun

kivi

  1. stone, rock
    • 1936, D. I. Efimov, Lukukirja: Inkeroisia alkușkouluja vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 12:
      Väsyi. Istuis kiven päälle.
      She got tired. She sat down on a rock.
  2. (in the plural) five stones (game)
  3. Synonym of kives (birchbark weight)
  4. Short for jauhokivi (millstone).

Declension

Declension of kivi (type 5/lehti, no gradation, gemination)
singular plural
nominative kivi kivet
genitive kiven kivviin, kivilöin
partitive kivviä kivijä, kivilöjä
illative kivvee kivvii, kivilöihe
inessive kives kivis, kivilöis
elative kivest kivist, kivilöist
allative kivelle kiville, kivilöille
adessive kivel kivil, kivilöil
ablative kivelt kivilt, kivilöilt
translative kiveks kiviks, kivilöiks
essive kivennä, kivveen kivinnä, kivilöinnä, kivviin, kivilöin
exessive1) kivent kivint, kivilöint
1) obsolete
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

Derived terms

References

  • Fedor Tumansky (1790) “киви”, in Опытъ повѣствованїя о дѣянїях, положенїи, состоянїи и раздѣленїи Санкт-Петербургской губернїи [An experiment of an account of the acts, location, condition and division of the Saint Petersburg gubernia], Краткїй словарь ижерскаго, финскаго, эстонскаго, чюдскаго, и ямскаго нарѣчїя съ россїйскимъ переводомъ [A short dictionary of the Ingrian, Finnish, Estonian, Chud and Yamtian dialects with a Russian translation], page 685
  • V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 10
  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 172
  • Olga I. Konkova, Nikita A. Dyachkov (2014) Inkeroin Keel: Пособие по Ижорскому Языку, →ISBN, page 72

Karelian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kivi, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *kiwe. Cognate with Finnish kivi, Hungarian .

Noun

kivi (genitive kiven, partitive kivie)

  1. stone

Latvian

 kivi (1) on Latvian Wikipedia

Etymology

Kivi (1)

Via other European languages, ultimately borrowed from Maori kiwi, originally an onomatopoeic imitation of the bird's call. Originally the name of the bird, the English word kiwi soon became a term for people and things from New Zealand, and was thus also used, initially as a brand name, for the fruit, which is also from New Zealand.

Pronunciation

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Noun

 kivi (2) on Latvian Wikipedia
Kivi (2)

kivi m (invariable)

  1. kiwi bird (a flightless bird (genus Apteryx) found only in New Zealand)
    kivi dzimtakiwi family (Apterygidae)
    kivi ir putni, kas dzīvo tikai Jaunzēlandēthe kiwi are birds that live only in New Zealand
  2. kiwi fruit (a Chinese gooseberry vine fruit of the genus Actinidia with hairy brown skin and dark green flesh)
    kivi ir subtropu auglis ar brūnu, pūkainu mizu un zaļu mīkstumuthe kiwi is a subtropical fruit with brown, hairy skin and green flesh
    kivi pēc formas atgādina oluthe kiwi is shaped like an egg

See also

Ludian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kivi.

Noun

kivi

  1. stone

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

From Maori kiwi.

Noun

kivi m (definite singular kivien, indefinite plural kivier, definite plural kiviene)

  1. a kiwi (flightless bird native to New Zealand)

See also

  • kiwi (kiwi fruit)

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

From Maori kiwi.

Noun

kivi m (definite singular kivien, indefinite plural kiviar, definite plural kiviane)

  1. a kiwi (flightless bird native to New Zealand)

See also

  • kiwi (kiwi fruit)

References

Rarotongan

Etymology

Borrowed from Maori kiwi.

Noun

kivi

  1. kiwi

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Maori kiwi.

Noun

kȋvi m (Cyrillic spelling ки̑ви)

  1. kiwi fruit

Declension

Swedish

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en kivi

Noun

kivi c

  1. kiwi (bird)
    Synonym: kivifågel

Declension

See also

References

Turkish

Etymology

From English kiwi, from Maori kiwi.

Pronunciation

Noun

kivi (definite accusative kivii, plural kiviler)

  1. kiwi (animal)
  2. kiwi fruit

References

Veps

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kivi, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *kiwe.

Noun

kivi

  1. stone, rock

Inflection

Inflection of kivi (inflection type 3/kivi)
nominative sing. kivi
genitive sing. kiven
partitive sing. kived
partitive plur. kivid
singular plural
nominative kivi kived
accusative kiven kived
genitive kiven kividen
partitive kived kivid
essive-instructive kiven kivin
translative kiveks kivikš
inessive kives kiviš
elative kivespäi kivišpäi
illative kivehe kivihe
adessive kivel kivil
ablative kivelpäi kivilpäi
allative kivele kivile
abessive kiveta kivita
comitative kivenke kividenke
prolative kivedme kividme
approximative I kivenno kividenno
approximative II kivennoks kividennoks
egressive kivennopäi kividennopäi
terminative I kivehesai kivihesai
terminative II kivelesai kivilesai
terminative III kivessai
additive I kivehepäi kivihepäi
additive II kivelepäi kivilepäi

Derived terms

References

  • Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “камень”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎, Petrozavodsk: Periodika

Võro

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kivi, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *kiwe.

Noun

kivi (genitive kivi, partitive kivvi)

  1. stone, rock
  2. mill

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.