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kea

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See also: Kea, ke'a, -kea, and -keä

English

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Three kea.

Etymology

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Borrowed from Maori kea.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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kea (plural keas or kea)

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

Usage notes

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

Translations

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Anagrams

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Basque

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Noun

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kea

  1. absolutive singular of ke

Dutch

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English kea, from Maori kea.

Pronunciation

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  • Audio:(file)

Noun

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

  1. the kea, Nestor notabilis

Further reading

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Finnish

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Etymology

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From Maori kea, probably through English kea.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkeɑ/, [ˈk̟e̞ɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -eɑ
  • Hyphenation(key): kea

Noun

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kea

  1. kea, Nestor notabilis

Declension

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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
keain rare
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
keaini rare
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
keaisi rare
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
keaimme rare
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
keainne rare
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

Hypernyms

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Anagrams

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Hawaiian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Polynesian *tea. Compare Maori tea.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈke.a/, [ˈkɛ.jə]

Verb

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kea

  1. (stative) white

Derived terms

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Italian

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Noun

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kea m (invariable)

  1. kea

Makasar

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Pronounciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkea/, [ˈkʰe.a]
  • Hyphenation: ke‧a

Root

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kea (Lontara spelling ᨀᨙᨕ)

  1. precategorial root expressing outside movement

Synonyms

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Affixations

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Further reading

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  • A. A. Cense (2024) Makassaars-Nederlands woordenboek[1], Brill, →DOI

Maori

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Etymology

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From Proto-Polynesian *kea (hawksbill turtle).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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kea

  1. snot
  2. the kea, Nestor notabilis

Descendants

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  • English: kea

See also

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References

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