"keiki" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈkeɪ.ki/ Forms: keikis [plural]
Etymology: From Hawaiian keiki (“child”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|haw|keiki|t=child}} Hawaiian keiki (“child”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} keiki (plural keikis)
  1. (Hawaii) child or offspring. Tags: Hawaii
    Sense id: en-keiki-en-noun-ujrUZ-9s Categories (other): Hawaiian English
  2. (horticulture) young plant in orchids that develops on the shoot in place of flower after flowering Categories (topical): Horticulture Translations (young plant of orchid): keiki [neuter] (Czech), keiki [masculine] (French), Keiki [neuter] (German), keiki [neuter] (Polish), кеики (keiki) [masculine] (Russian), кейкі (kejki) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-keiki-en-noun-en:plant Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 87 Topics: agriculture, business, horticulture, lifestyle Disambiguation of 'young plant of orchid': 8 92

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for keiki meaning in English (2.4kB)

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