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==Kiwi== | ==[[Kiwi]]== | ||
===Alternative forms=== | ===Alternative forms=== | ||
किप़िः (''[[Kiwi#Orthography|Kiwi Devanagari]]'') | |||
===Etymology=== | ===Etymology=== | ||
Ultimately from Proto-Rana ''*kʰəiwiːtə'', ('speech') from the root √{{sc|kw}} ('related to speaking'). | |||
===Pronunciation=== | ===Pronunciation=== | ||
(''Kiwi'') [[Guide:IPA|IPA]]: /kɪˈwɪʔ/ | (''Kiwi'') [[Guide:IPA|IPA]]: /kɪˈwɪʔ/ | ||
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# (''countable'') Native language. | # (''countable'') Native language. | ||
# (''countable'') The [[wikt:vocabulary|vocabulary]] and [[wikt:usage|usage]] used in a particular [[wikt:specialist|specialist]] field - jargon, slang# (''countable'') The particular words used in speech or a passage of text.#: ''The '''language''' he used to talk to me was obscene.'' | # (''countable'') The [[wikt:vocabulary|vocabulary]] and [[wikt:usage|usage]] used in a particular [[wikt:specialist|specialist]] field - jargon, slang | ||
# (''countable'') The particular words used in speech or a passage of text. | |||
#: ''The '''language''' he used to talk to me was obscene.'' | |||
#: ''The '''language''' used in the law does not permit any other interpretation.'' | #: ''The '''language''' used in the law does not permit any other interpretation.'' | ||
# Words, written or spoken, in a specific sequence that a person uses to describe, to a another person, the type of thoughts in their mind. | # Words, written or spoken, in a specific sequence that a person uses to describe, to a another person, the type of thoughts in their mind. | ||
Revision as of 15:23, 25 August 2013
Kiwi
Alternative forms
किप़िः (Kiwi Devanagari)
Etymology
Ultimately from Proto-Rana *kʰəiwiːtə, ('speech') from the root √kw ('related to speaking').
Pronunciation
(Kiwi) IPA: /kɪˈwɪʔ/
Noun
kiwiʻ cl.5 (plural nominative kakiwiʻ)
- (countable) Native language.
- (countable) The vocabulary and usage used in a particular specialist field - jargon, slang
- (countable) The particular words used in speech or a passage of text.
- The language he used to talk to me was obscene.
- The language used in the law does not permit any other interpretation.
- Words, written or spoken, in a specific sequence that a person uses to describe, to a another person, the type of thoughts in their mind.
- (countable) A computer language.
Inflection
Usage notes
Note that Kiwi has no general word equivalent to the English word language. Instead, this term denotes a native language of anyone, not just of the speakers of Kiwi.