Etymology

iiwi

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Today it means: A bird, the scarlet honeycreeper (Drepanis coccinea). Full definition →

Hawaiian ʻiʻiwi
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The story

  1. Hawaiian · borrowed fromʻiʻiwi
  2. English todayiiwi

From Hawaiian ʻiʻiwi.

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