# iwi
## English
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈiːwi/
* Rhymes: -iːwi

### Noun

iwi (plural iwis or iwi)
* (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
* little brother

## German
### Adverb

iwi
* (Internet slang, text messaging) Abbreviation of irgendwie.

## Hawaiian
### Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *hui, from Proto-Oceanic *suʀi/ruʀi (“thorn, splinter, fish bone”), from Proto-Austronesian *duʀi (“thorn”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈi.wi/, [ˈi.ʋi]

### Noun

iwi
* bone

## Lokono
### Noun

iwi
* fruit

### References

* de Goeje, C. H. (1928) The Arawak Language of Guiana‎, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 45

## Maia
### Noun

iwi
* number

## Maori
### Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *hui (cognate with Samoan ivi and Tahitian ivi), from Proto-Oceanic *suʀi/ruʀi (“thorn, splinter, fish bone”), from Proto-Austronesian *duʀi (“thorn”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈiwi/

### Noun

iwi
* 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)
* strength, bone

#### Derived terms

* aukati iwi (“racism”)
* iwi kāinga (“local people, hosts, home crowd”)
* Iwi Poa (“Afrikaners, Boers - South Africans of Dutch descent”)
* iwi taketake (“indigenous people, native people”)
* iwi whānui (“general population, public”)
* iwi whenua (“indigenous people, native people”)
* kaiwhakawhanaunga ā-iwi (“race relations conciliator”)
* Mana Whakahaere ā-Iwi (“Iwi Authority”)
* patu iwi (“bone weapon, weapon for destroying people; genocide”)
* poutoko iwi (“community leader”)
* reo ā-iwi (“dialect, tribal dialect”)
* rūnanga ā-iwi (“tribal council”)
* Tari Tiaki Iwi (“Public Trust”)
* tauiwi (“foreigner, non-Maori”)
* tikanga ā-iwi (“cultural practice, social science, tribal custom”)
* Tira Ahu Iwi (“Iwi Transition Agency”)
* tūreiti e te iwi (“too late”)
* Ngā Iwi (“a tribe that once lived in the Auckland area”)
* Whakaratonga Iwi (“New Zealand Fire Service”)

### References

* “iwi” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.
* Tregear, Edward (1891) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary‎, Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, page 109

## Tagalog
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈʔiwi/ [ˈʔiː.wɪ]
* Rhymes: -iwi
* Syllabification: i‧wi

#### Noun

iwi (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜏᜒ)
* taking care of a domestic animal in behalf of the owner (while possibly getting half of its offspring as his share)
* domestic animal taken care of in behalf of the owner
* (by extension) rearing of a child; bringing up of children
    Synonyms: alaga, pag-aalaga
* (figurative) possession of talent, beauty, etc.
    Synonyms: angkin, pag-aangkin, taglay, pagtataglay
* (figurative) something possessed
    Synonym: pag-aari

##### Derived terms

* ipaiwi
* iwihin
* mag-iwi
* pag-iiwi
* pag-iwi
* paiwi
* tagaiwi

##### See also

* iwan

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ʔiˈwi/ [ʔɪˈwi]
* Rhymes: -i
* Syllabification: i‧wi

#### Noun

iwí (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜏᜒ)
* (western Marinduque) scorpion
    Synonyms: alakdan, atang-atang, (colloquial) pitumbuko

## Ye'kwana
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ivi]

### Noun

iwi
* the Amazonian brown brocket, Mazama nemorivaga

### References

* Alberto Rodriguez, Nalúa Rosa Silva Monterrey, Hernán Castellanos, et al., editors (2012), “iwi”, in Ye’kwana-Sanema Nüchü’tammeküdü Medewadinña Tüwötö’se’totojo [Guidelines for the management of the Ye’kwana and Sanema territories in the Caura River basin in Venezuela]‎ (overall work in Ye'kwana and Spanish), Forest Peoples Programme, →ISBN, page 125
* Hall, Katherine Lee (1988) The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University, page 391: “iwi - small deer”

## Yoruba
### Etymology

Compare with ewì (“Yoruba poetry”)

### Pronunciation

IPA: /ī.wì/

### Noun

iwì
* A form of Yoruba oral poetry, consisting of chanting and invocation performed by worshippers of the Egúngún
    Synonym: ẹ̀sà