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Kiwi

2 stages from Maori to English.

Today it means a small flightless bird native to New Zealand, or informally, a New Zealander
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kiwi
Maori · ancient
"the kiwi bird"
an imitative name for the flightless bird's call
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kiwi
English · 1800s-1900s
"a flightless New Zealand bird"
adopted for the bird, later for the fruit and as a nickname for New Zealanders
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