heke

Kikuyu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɛ̀kɛ́ꜜ/

As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 3 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩhaato, mbembe, kiugo, and so on.

• (Kiambu)

• (Limuru) IPA^(key): /hɛ̀kɛ́/

As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including hiti, icembe, igoko (pl. magoko), ihĩtia (pl. mahĩtia), itumbĩ (pl. matumbĩ), kĩeha, kĩng'ang'i, mũhikania, mũhũmũ, mũkanda, mbica, nduka, ngingo, ngũkũ, rũthanju, tombo, and so on.

Noun

heke class 9/10 (plural heke)

1. testicle

   Synonyms: ndendera, nyee

See also

• ũruu, mũthita

References

• “heke” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 146. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

Maori

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *seke (compare with Tongan heke (“slippery, to slide”); Tahitian heʻe and paheʻe (“to slide”); South Marquesan heʻe and North Marquesan heke; South Marquesan tiheʻe and North Marquesan tiheke; Hawaiian heʻe (“to melt, to flow”)) Doublet of hekeheke.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈheke/

Verb

heke

1. to descend, to fall
2. to ebb
3. to drip
4. to surf

   Synonym: eke

5. to raft

   Synonym: eke

Noun

heke

1. descent
2. rafting, rafter

   Synonym: eke

3. surfing

   Synonym: eke

Related terms

• hekeheke
• paheke

Further reading

• “heke” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

Rapa Nui

Te heke.

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *feke. Cognates include Hawaiian heʻe and Maori wheke.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhe.ke/
• Hyphenation: he‧ke

Noun

heke

1. octopus

References

• “heke”, in Diccionario etimológico Rapanui-Español, Valparaíso: Comisión para la Estructuración de la Lengua Rapanui, 2000, →ISBN
• Paulus Kieviet (2017) A grammar of Rapa Nui‎^[2], Berlin: Language Science Press, →ISBN, page 424

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish jeque, from Old Spanish xeque, from Andalusian Arabic شَيْخ (šéḵ), from Arabic شَيْخ (šayḵ, “an elder in charge”). Doublet of siyak.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈheke/, [ˈhɛ.xɛ]
• Hyphenation: he‧ke

Noun

heke (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜒᜃᜒ)

1. (Islam) Moorish sheik

   Synonym: (obsolete) siyak

Further reading

• “heke”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018