kea

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See also: Kea, ke'a, -kea, and -keä

English

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Three kea.

Etymology

Borrowed from Maori kea.

Pronunciation

Noun

kea (plural keas or kea)

  1. Nestor notabilis, a parrot of New Zealand.
    Synonym: mountain parrot

Usage notes

The unmarked plural form kea is mainly found in New Zealand.

Translations

Anagrams

Basque

Noun

kea

  1. absolutive singular of ke

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English kea, from Maori kea.

Pronunciation

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Noun

kea m (plural kea's, diminutive keaatje n)

  1. The kea, Nestor notabilis

Further reading

Finnish

Etymology

From Maori kea, probably through English kea.

Pronunciation

Noun

kea

  1. kea, Nestor notabilis

Declension

Inflection of kea (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative kea keat
genitive kean keojen
partitive keaa keoja
illative keaan keoihin
singular plural
nominative kea keat
accusative nom. kea keat
gen. kean
genitive kean keojen
keainrare
partitive keaa keoja
inessive keassa keoissa
elative keasta keoista
illative keaan keoihin
adessive kealla keoilla
ablative kealta keoilta
allative kealle keoille
essive keana keoina
translative keaksi keoiksi
abessive keatta keoitta
instructive — keoin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of kea (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative keani keani
accusative nom. keani keani
gen. keani
genitive keani keojeni
keainirare
partitive keaani keojani
inessive keassani keoissani
elative keastani keoistani
illative keaani keoihini
adessive keallani keoillani
ablative kealtani keoiltani
allative kealleni keoilleni
essive keanani keoinani
translative keakseni keoikseni
abessive keattani keoittani
instructive — —
comitative — keoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative keasi keasi
accusative nom. keasi keasi
gen. keasi
genitive keasi keojesi
keaisirare
partitive keaasi keojasi
inessive keassasi keoissasi
elative keastasi keoistasi
illative keaasi keoihisi
adessive keallasi keoillasi
ablative kealtasi keoiltasi
allative keallesi keoillesi
essive keanasi keoinasi
translative keaksesi keoiksesi
abessive keattasi keoittasi
instructive — —
comitative — keoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative keamme keamme
accusative nom. keamme keamme
gen. keamme
genitive keamme keojemme
keaimmerare
partitive keaamme keojamme
inessive keassamme keoissamme
elative keastamme keoistamme
illative keaamme keoihimme
adessive keallamme keoillamme
ablative kealtamme keoiltamme
allative keallemme keoillemme
essive keanamme keoinamme
translative keaksemme keoiksemme
abessive keattamme keoittamme
instructive — —
comitative — keoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative keanne keanne
accusative nom. keanne keanne
gen. keanne
genitive keanne keojenne
keainnerare
partitive keaanne keojanne
inessive keassanne keoissanne
elative keastanne keoistanne
illative keaanne keoihinne
adessive keallanne keoillanne
ablative kealtanne keoiltanne
allative keallenne keoillenne
essive keananne keoinanne
translative keaksenne keoiksenne
abessive keattanne keoittanne
instructive — —
comitative — keoinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative keansa keansa
accusative nom. keansa keansa
gen. keansa
genitive keansa keojensa
keainsarare
partitive keaansa keojaan
keojansa
inessive keassaan
keassansa 		keoissaan
keoissansa
elative keastaan
keastansa 		keoistaan
keoistansa
illative keaansa keoihinsa
adessive keallaan
keallansa 		keoillaan
keoillansa
ablative kealtaan
kealtansa 		keoiltaan
keoiltansa
allative kealleen
keallensa 		keoilleen
keoillensa
essive keanaan
keanansa 		keoinaan
keoinansa
translative keakseen
keaksensa 		keoikseen
keoiksensa
abessive keattaan
keattansa 		keoittaan
keoittansa
instructive — —
comitative — keoineen
keoinensa

Hypernyms

Anagrams

Hawaiian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *tea. Compare Maori tea.

Pronunciation

Verb

kea

  1. (stative) white

Derived terms

Italian

Noun

kea m (invariable)

  1. kea

Maori

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *kea (“hawksbill turtle”).

Pronunciation

Noun

kea

  1. snot
  2. the kea, Nestor notabilis

Descendants

  • → English: kea

See also

References

  1. ^ Greenhill SJ & Clark R (2011). POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online. Oceanic Linguistics, 50(2), 551-559.
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