Kiwiとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源 1

Borrowed from Maori kiwi.

名詞

kiwi (countable and uncountable, plural kiwi or kiwis)

1. A flightless bird of the order Apterygiformes native to New Zealand.
2. Alternative letter-case form of Kiwi (“person from New Zealand”).
3. (informal) A New Zealand dollar.
4. A kiwi fruit.
5. (uncountable) A green-yellow colour, like that of kiwi fruit flesh (also called kiwi green).

   kiwi:  

6. (military, slang) A member of the air force who does not fly.
   • 1953, Air Force: Official Service Journal of the U.S. Army Air Forces:

     And as its role grew in importance, ground commanders, or kiwis as they were called, made many mistakes in judgment […]

7. (slang, usually in the plural) A testicle.
   • 1995, “Wynona's Big Brown Beaver”, performed by Primus:

     Now Rex he was a Texan out of New Orleans and he travelled with the carnival shows
     He ran bumper cars, sucked cheap cigars and he candied up his nose
     He got wind of the big brown beaver so he thought he'd take himself a peek
     But the beaver was quick and he grabbed him by the kiwis
     And he ain't pissed for a week (and a half)

使用する際の注意点

• When used to describe people, Kiwi is usually capitalised.
• The plural is usually kiwis; sometimes, kiwi is found as an (invariant) plural form.

同意語

• (flightless bird): apteryx (dated), kiwikiwi (obsolete)
• (kiwi fruit): Chinese gooseberry (dated), kiwi fruit

派生語

関連する語

• Kiwi

派生した語

• → Catalan: kiwi
• → Dutch: kiwi
• → French: kiwi
• → German: Kiwi
• → Greek: κίουι (kíoui), κίβι (kívi)
• → Korean: 키위 (kiwi)
• → Polish: kiwi
• → Portuguese: quivi, quiuí, kiwi (unadapted)

形容詞

kiwi (comparative more kiwi, superlative most kiwi)

1. (informal) Alternative letter-case form of Kiwi (“of or from New Zealand”)

参考

• roroa
• rowi
• tokoeka

語源 2

Genericized trademark from the brand of shoe polish originating in Australia, from Maori kiwi.

名詞

kiwi (uncountable)

1. (Singapore, military, slang) Any kind of black shoe polish.

動詞

kiwi (third-person singular simple present kiwis, present participle kiwiing or kiwi-ing, simple past and past participle kiwied)

1. (Singapore, military, slang) To polish (boots) with black shoe polish.
   • 1987, Michael Chiang, Army Daze, Landmark Books, →ISBN:

     Johari Salleh: Ya, ya. Better not waste time. Must prepare, tomorrow morning got inspection.
     Teo Ah Beng: Ya lah, must kiwi the boots. Can borrow [lend] me your cloth?
     Krishnamoorthy: Ya, no problem. You better kiwi quickly. 11 pm lights off. […]

Further reading

• kiwi (bird) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• kiwifruit on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

アナグラム

• Wiki, wiki