kea
English
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Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
kea (plural keas or kea)
- Nestor notabilis, a parrot of New Zealand.
Usage notes
The unmarked plural form kea is mainly found in New Zealand.
Translations
Nestor notabilis
Anagrams
Finnish
Etymology
From Maori kea, probably through English kea.
Pronunciation
Noun
kea
- kea, Nestor notabilis
Declension
Inflection of kea (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
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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. |
Hypernyms
Anagrams
Hawaiian
Etymology
From Proto-Polynesian *tea.
Pronunciation
Verb
Derived terms
- Mauna Kea (literally “white mountain”)
Italian
Noun
kea m (invariable)
Maori
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
kea
- snot
- the kea, Nestor notabilis
Descendants
See also
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- en:Parrots
- Finnish terms derived from Maori
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- Rhymes:Finnish/eɑ
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