kea
English edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kea (plural keas or kea)
- Nestor notabilis, a parrot of New Zealand.
- Synonym: mountain parrot
Usage notes edit
The unmarked plural form kea is mainly found in New Zealand.
Translations edit
Nestor notabilis
Anagrams edit
Basque edit
Noun edit
kea
- absolutive singular of ke
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English kea, from Maori kea.
Pronunciation edit
Audio (file)
Noun edit
kea m (plural kea's, diminutive keaatje n)
- The kea, Nestor notabilis
Further reading edit
- kea on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia nl
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
From Maori kea, probably through English kea.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kea
Declension edit
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 keainrare | ||
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 edit
Anagrams edit
Hawaiian edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Polynesian *tea. Compare Maori tea.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
kea
Derived terms edit
- Mauna Kea (literally “white mountain”)
Italian edit
Noun edit
kea m (invariable)
Maori edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Polynesian *kea (“hawksbill turtle”).[1]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kea
- snot
- the kea, Nestor notabilis
Descendants edit
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Greenhill SJ & Clark R (2011). POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online. Oceanic Linguistics, 50(2), 551-559.