different between iwi vs ipi

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Maori iwi (literally “bone”), ultimately from Proto-Austronesian *du?i (“thorn”). Doublet of durian, from Malay.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?i?wi/

Noun

iwi (plural iwis or iwi)

1. (New Zealand) A Maori tribe.
   • 1996, Diane Bell, Renate Klein, Radically speaking: feminism reclaimed (page 505)

     Through her, the women of my iwi are also beautiful, strong and powerful.

Anagrams

• Wii

Abinomn

Noun

iwi

1. little brother

Hawaiian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian, from Proto-Oceanic *su?i/ru?i (“thorn, splinter, fish bone”), from Proto-Austronesian *du?i (“thorn”).

Noun

iwi

1. bone

Maia

Noun

iwi

1. number

Maori

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian, from Proto-Oceanic *su?i/ru?i (“thorn, splinter, fish bone”), from Proto-Austronesian *du?i (“thorn”).

Noun

iwi

1. extended kinship group, tribe, nation, people, nationality, race (often refers to a large group of people descended from a common ancestor and associated with a distinct territory)
2. strength, bone

Derived terms

English

Noun

ipi (plural not attested)

1. The long-tailed pangolin (Manis tetradactyla)

Synonyms

• phatagin

Anagrams

• PII

Folopa

Noun

ipi

1. (Sopese) water

Synonyms

• w?? (Boro, Tebera)
• w? (Suri)

References

• Karl J. Franklin, Comparative Wordlist 1 of the Gulf District and adjacent areas (1975), page 67

Pitjantjatjara

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [??p?]

Noun

ipi

1. (anatomy) (female) breast
2. breast milk

Derived terms

• ipi ka?ka (“nipple”)
• ipi mulya (“nipple”)
• ipi mu?un-mu?unpa (“young teenage girl”)
• ipi tjikini (“to suckle, to nurse”)

Southern Ndebele

Etymology

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Noun

ipi^? 9 (plural izimpi 10)

1. war
2. army, regiment

Inflection

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Sranan Tongo

Alternative forms

• hipi

Etymology

From English heap.

Noun

ipi

1. pile, heap

Determiner

ipi

1. a lot of

Tatar

Noun

ipi

1. baked bread

Waube

Noun

ipi

1. (Aiyau, Balaye, Kwato, Yaula) arm

Alternative forms

• upi (Yabie)

Further reading

• P. Lambrecht, A Sociolinguistic Profile of the Waube (2009)