Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

keiki

/ˈkeɪ.ki/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.82 in modern English

Syllables: kei-ki
IPA: /ˈkeɪ.ki/

13

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

child or offspring.

noun

young plant in orchids that develops on the shoot in place of flower after flowering

Etymology

From Hawaiian keiki (“child”).

Word Breakdown

Root: keiki

Inflected Forms

keikis (plural)

Homonyms

caky

Questions

How do you pronounce keiki?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈkeɪ.ki/.
What does keiki mean?: child or offspring.
Where does keiki come from?: From Hawaiian keiki (“child”).

How to pronounce keiki

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