kiko

See also: Kiko

Maori

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *kiko – compare with Tahitian ʻiʻo and Samoan ʻiʻo.

Noun

kiko

1. meat of any animal
2. flesh of fruit
3. kernel of a seed or nut

   Synonym: kākano

4. body, substance

Derived terms

• kikokiko
• kikorangi

Further reading

• Williams, Herbert William (1917) “kiko, kikokiko”, in A Dictionary of the Maori Language, page 138
• “kiko” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

Papiamentu

Alternative forms

• ki (synonym)

Etymology

From ki +‎ kos.

Pronoun

kiko

1. what

Rapa Nui

Noun

kiko

1. meat

Spanish

Etymology

From the brand Kikos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkiko/ [ˈki.ko]
• Rhymes: -iko
• Syllabification: ki‧ko
• Homophone: Quico

Noun

kiko m (plural kikos)

1. a fried kernel of corn

Further reading

• “kiko”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Etymology 1

Noun

kiko class VII (plural viko class VIII)

1. pipe (smoking tool)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

kiko

1. ki class_(VII) positive degree present of -wako (“it is (around there)”)