iiwi

or 'i·'i·wi

[ ee-ee-wee ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a Hawaiian honeycreeper, Vestiaria coccinea, having a red body, black wings, and a deeply curved pinkish-red bill.

Origin of iiwi¹

First recorded 1885–90; from Hawaiian ʿiʿiwi, derivative of ʿiwi “reddish;” compare earlier eeeeve (1779)

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