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Translingual

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Etymology

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Abbreviation of English Peranakan Indonesian or Malay peranakan.

Symbol

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pea

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Peranakan Indonesian.

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English

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English Wikipedia has an article on:
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A pea plant, Pisum sativum (1).
Pea seeds in a pod (2).

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Etymology tree
Ancient Greek πίσον (píson)bor.
Latin pisum
Late Latin pisader.
Old English pise
Middle English pese
English peasebf.
English pea

    Back-formation from pease, an original singular reinterpreted as a plural. Further from Middle English pese (“a pea”), from Old English pise, from Latin pisa, pisum, from Ancient Greek πίσον (píson).

    Alternative forms

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    Noun

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    pea (plural peas or (archaic) pease)

    2. Any of certain plants of the family Fabaceae: Pisum sativum and others.
      Coordinate term: bean
      Hyponyms: garden pea; field pea, cowpea, black-eyed pea; pigeon pea, sea pea, sweetpea, sweet pea
      2. (especially, when without a qualifier) A plant, Pisum sativum, member of the legume (Fabaceae) family.
        Hyponyms: snap pea, snow pea, sugar pea, sugar snap pea
    4. (cooking) The edible seed of Pisum sativum.
      Hyponyms: snap pea, snow pea, sugar pea, sugar snap pea
    6. (cooking) The edible seed of various other pea plants.
      Hyponyms: field pea, cowpea, black-eyed pea
    8. Any of several varieties of bean.
      peas and rice
      Vigna unguiculata subsp. unguiculata is what most people call black-eyed peas but some people call black-eyed beans.
    10. (MLE, in the plural) Money.
      Man's making bare peas.
      • 2023, Nathan Bryon, Tom Melia, directed by Raine Allen-Miller, Rye Lane, spoken by Nathan (Simon Manyonda):
        Oh, come on. Help a brother out. People see you coppin', might inspire them. Look, I know you ain't payin' bills right now. Man must have bare peas saved up.
    Usage notes
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    See usage notes at bean regarding the differences in terminology.

    Derived terms
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    Terms derived from pea (noun)
    Descendants
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    • → Abenaki: piz (“a pea”)
    • → Mohegan-Pequot: pish (“a pea”)
    • → Yurok: pi·š, peeesh (“a pea”)
    Translations
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    Etymology 2

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    From having the appearance of a pea (see English etymology 1), the edible seed of Pisum sativum, the pea plant.

    Noun

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    pea (plural peas)

    1. (baseball) A ball travelling at high velocity.
    2. (US, Indiana, gambling) Any of the small numbered balls used in a pea shake game.
    3. (astronomy) Ellipsis of green pea galaxy.
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    Etymology 3

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    From Middle English pe, po, poue, pa, paue, from Old English pēa, pāwa (“peacock”) (compare Old English pāwe (“peahen”)) and Old Norse pái (“peacock”), both from Proto-Germanic *pāwô (“peacock”), from Latin pāvō (“peacock”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Pau, West Frisian pau, Dutch pauw, German Pfau. Doublet of Pavo.

    Noun

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    pea (plural peas)

    1. (rare, archaic) a peafowl
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    Etymology 4

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    Noun

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    pea (plural peas)

    1. (nautical) Alternative form of peak.

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    Anagrams

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    Basque

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    Noun

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    pea

    1. absolutive singular of pe

    Chinese

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    Noun

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    pea (Cantonese)

    1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
      放pea [Cantonese]  ―  fong3 pe5 [Jyutping]  ―  to slack off

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    Adjective

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    pea (Cantonese)

    1. slack; without effort
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    Estonian

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    Etymology

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    From Proto-Finnic *pää, from Proto-Uralic *päŋe. Cognate with Finnish pää and Hungarian fej.

    Pronunciation

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    Noun

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    pea (genitive pea, partitive pead)

    1. head

    Declension

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    Declension of pea (ÕS type 26i/idee, no gradation)
    singular plural
    nominative pea pead
    accusative nom.
    gen. pea
    genitive peade
    partitive pead päid
    peasid
    illative peasse peadesse
    päisse
    inessive peas peades
    päis
    elative peast peadest
    päist
    allative peale peadele
    päile
    adessive peal peadel
    päil
    ablative pealt peadelt
    päilt
    translative peaks peadeks
    päiks
    terminative peani peadeni
    essive peana peadena
    abessive peata peadeta
    comitative peaga peadega

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    Adverb

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    pea (not comparable)

    1. almost
      Pea iga kord seisab ta seal kohas.
      He stands there almost every time.
    2. soon, immediately, quickly (in modern use almost always together with some other word or affix, such as kohe, õige, nii, -gi)
      Kohe pea oleme kohal.
      Soon we'll be there.
      Rändurid uinusid pea.
      The travelers fell asleep quickly.

    Further reading

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    • “pea”, in [PSV] Eesti keele põhisõnavara sõnastik [Dictionary of Estonian Basic Vocabulary] (in Estonian) (online version, not updated), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2014
    • “pea”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
    • “pea”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN
    • pea in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)

    Hawaiian

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    Etymology

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    From English bear.

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /ˈpe.a/, [ˈpɛ.jə]
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    Noun

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    pea

    1. bear

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    Japanese

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    Romanization

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    pea

    1. Rōmaji transcription of ペア

    Māori

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    Etymology

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    From English bear.

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    Noun

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    pea

    1. bear

    Niuean

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    Etymology

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    From English bear.

    Noun

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    pea

    1. bear

    Old English

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    Pronunciation

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    Noun

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    pēa m

    1. alternative form of pāwa

    Rarotongan

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    Etymology 1

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    Borrowed from English bear.

    Noun

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    pea

    1. bear

    Etymology 2

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    Borrowed from English pear.

    Noun

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    pea

    1. pear

    Etymology 3

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    Borrowed from English pair.

    Noun

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    pea

    1. pair

    Spanish

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    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /ˈpea/ [ˈpe.a]
    • Rhymes: -ea
    • Syllabification: pe‧a

    Etymology 1

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    Deverbal from peer.

    Noun

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    pea f (plural peas)

    1. (colloquial) drunkenness
      Synonyms: see Thesaurus:borrachera

    Etymology 2

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    See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

    Verb

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    pea

    1. inflection of peer:
      1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
      2. third-person singular imperative

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    Swahili

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    Pronunciation

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    Verb

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    -pea (infinitive kupea)

    1. Applicative form of -pa: to give to

    Conjugation

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    Conjugation of -pea
    Positive present -napea
    Subjunctive -pee
    Negative -pei
    Imperative singular pea
    Infinitives
    Positive kupea
    Negative kutopea
    Imperatives
    Singular pea
    Plural peeni
    Tensed forms
    Habitual hupea
    Positive past positive subject concord + -lipea
    Negative past negative subject concord + -kupea
    Positive present (positive subject concord + -napea)
    Singular Plural
    1st person ninapea/napea tunapea
    2nd person unapea mnapea
    3rd person m-wa(I/II) anapea wanapea
    other classes positive subject concord + -napea
    Negative present (negative subject concord + -pei)
    Singular Plural
    1st person sipei hatupei
    2nd person hupei hampei
    3rd person m-wa(I/II) hapei hawapei
    other classes negative subject concord + -pei
    Positive future positive subject concord + -tapea
    Negative future negative subject concord + -tapea
    Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -pee)
    Singular Plural
    1st person nipee tupee
    2nd person upee mpee
    3rd person m-wa(I/II) apee wapee
    other classes positive subject concord + -pee
    Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sipee
    Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngepea
    Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singepea
    Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalipea
    Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalipea
    Gnomic (positive subject concord + -apea)
    Singular Plural
    1st person napea twapea
    2nd person wapea mwapea
    3rd person m-wa(I/II) apea wapea
    m-mi(III/IV) wapea yapea
    ji-ma(V/VI) lapea yapea
    ki-vi(VII/VIII) chapea vyapea
    n(IX/X) yapea zapea
    u(XI) wapea see n(X) or ma(VI) class
    ku(XV/XVII) kwapea
    pa(XVI) papea
    mu(XVIII) mwapea
    Perfect positive subject concord + -mepea
    "Already" positive subject concord + -meshapea
    "Not yet" negative subject concord + -japea
    "If/When" positive subject concord + -kipea
    "If not" positive subject concord + -sipopea
    Consecutive kapea / positive subject concord + -kapea
    Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kapee
    Object concord (indicative positive)
    Singular Plural
    1st person -nipea -tupea
    2nd person -kupea -wapea/-kupeeni/-wapeeni
    3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mpea -wapea
    m-mi(III/IV) -upea -ipea
    ji-ma(V/VI) -lipea -yapea
    ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kipea -vipea
    n(IX/X) -ipea -zipea
    u(XI) -upea see n(X) or ma(VI) class
    ku(XV/XVII) -kupea
    pa(XVI) -papea
    mu(XVIII) -mupea
    Reflexive -jipea
    Relative forms
    General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -pea- + relative marker)
    Singular Plural
    m-wa(I/II) -peaye -peao
    m-mi(III/IV) -peao -peayo
    ji-ma(V/VI) -pealo -peayo
    ki-vi(VII/VIII) -peacho -peavyo
    n(IX/X) -peayo -peazo
    u(XI) -peao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
    ku(XV/XVII) -peako
    pa(XVI) -peapo
    mu(XVIII) -peamo
    Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -pea)
    Singular Plural
    m-wa(I/II) -yepea -opea
    m-mi(III/IV) -opea -yopea
    ji-ma(V/VI) -lopea -yopea
    ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chopea -vyopea
    n(IX/X) -yopea -zopea
    u(XI) -opea see n(X) or ma(VI) class
    ku(XV/XVII) -kopea
    pa(XVI) -popea
    mu(XVIII) -mopea
    Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

    Tahitian

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    Etymology

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    Borrowed from English bear. Cognates include Hawaiian pea, Māori pea, Tokelauan pea and Wallisian pea.

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    pea

    1. bear

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    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /ˈpe.a/
    • Hyphenation: pe‧a

    Etymology 1

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    From Proto-Polynesian *pea. Cognates include Tongan pea and Samoan pea.

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    pea

    1. Indicates a continuous action; keep on, continuously
    2. Indicates that the action was performed in spite of what preceded; nevertheless, still

    Etymology 2

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    Borrowed from English pair.

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    pea

    1. pair
    2. A woman's costume worn over a long skirt.

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    pea

    1. (stative) to be alike

    Etymology 3

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    Te pea (3.1).
    Te pea (3.2).

    Borrowed from English pear.

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    pea

    1. pear
    2. pear tree

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    Te pea (4.1).

    Borrowed from English bear. Cognates include Hawaiian pea, Māori pea, Tahitian pea and Wallisian pea.

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    pea

    1. bear

    References

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    • R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎[1], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 265

    Wallisian

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    Pea

    Etymology

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    Borrowed from English bear. Cognates include Hawaiian pea, Māori pea, Tahitian pea and Tokelauan pea.

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    • IPA(key): /pe.a/
    • Hyphenation: pe‧a

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    pea

    1. bear

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    Etymology

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    Inherited from Old French pel, from Latin pellis, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“to cover, wrap; skin, hide, cloth”).

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    pea f (plural peas)

    1. (anatomy) skin
    2. hide, fur

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    pea

    1. alternative form of pia (“rice”)

    References

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    • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982), The Makian languages and their neighbours‎[2], Pacific linguistics
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