kiekie
English
Wikispecies
Alternative forms
- kie-kie
Etymology
Borrowing from Maori kiekie
Noun
kiekie
- Freycinetia banksii, a high-climbing shrub of New Zealand.
Afrikaans
Etymology 1
From kiek + -ie.
Noun
kiekie (plural kiekies)
- diminutive of kiek
Etymology 2
From kiekie (“diminutive of kiek”).
Noun
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
- (photograph): foto
Maori
Etymology
From Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *kiekie (“Freycinetia species”) from Proto-Oceanic *kiRe-kiRe (“pandanus”) from Proto-Oceanic *kiRe from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kiRay
Noun
kiekie
- A vine used by the Maori for food and as material for mats, Freycinetia banksii