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heke

Kikuyu edit

Pronunciation edit

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.[1]

Noun edit

heke class 9/10 (plural heke)

  1. testicle
    Synonyms: ndendera, nyee

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Yukawa, Yasutoshi (1981). "A Tentative Tonal Analysis of Kikuyu Nouns: A Study of Limuru Dialect." In Journal of Asian and African Studies, No. 22, 75–123.
  • “heke” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 146. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

Maori edit

Etymology edit

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”))[1][2] Doublet of hekeheke.

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

heke

  1. to descend, to fall
  2. to ebb
  3. to drip
  4. to surf
    Synonym: eke
  5. to raft
    Synonym: eke

Noun edit

heke

  1. descent
  2. rafting, rafter
    Synonym: eke
  3. surfing
    Synonym: eke

Related terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ Tregear, Edward (1891) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary‎[1], Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, pages 60-1
  2. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “seke.1a”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online

Further reading edit

  • “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 edit

 
Te heke.

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

heke

  1. octopus

References edit

  • “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 edit

Etymology edit

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 edit

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

Noun edit

heke (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜒᜃᜒ)

  1. (Islam) Moorish sheik
    Synonym: (obsolete) siyak

Further reading edit

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