kiekie

== English == === Alternative forms === kie-kie === Etymology === Borrowing from Māori 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 == Māori == === Etymology === From Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *kiekie (“Freycinetia species”), reduplication of Proto-Polynesian *kie (“Pandanus species”), from Proto-Central Pacific *kire, from Proto-Oceanic *kiʀe, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *kiʀay, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *kiʀay, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kiʀay. Cognates include Hawaiian and Samoan ʻieʻie. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkiekie/ [ˈkiɛkiɛ] === Noun === kiekie A vine used by the Maori for food and as material for mats, Freycinetia banksii ==== Descendants ==== → English: kiekie === References ===