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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. | ||