Haumea

English

Haumea's planetary symbol ⟨🝻⟩

Etymology

From Hawaiian hau (“ruler”) (archaic) + mea (“reddish brown”), "red ruler".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌhɑː.uːˈmeɪ.ə/, /haʊˈmeɪ.ə/

Proper noun

Haumea

2. (Hawaiian mythology) The goddess of fertility and childbirth.
4. A dwarf planet with two known moons orbiting in the Kuiper belt, roughly one-third the mass of Pluto

Synonyms

• (celestial body): 🝻

Translations

goddess of fertility and childbirth

• Bulgarian: Хауме́я f (Hauméja)
• Czech: Haumea (cs) f
• Esperanto: Haŭmeo (eo)
• Khmer: ហូមា (ho mea)
• Macedonian: Хауме́ја f (Hauméja)
• Spanish: Haumea
• Thai: เฮาเมอา (ḥeā me xā)

celestial body

• Arabic: هَاوْمِيَا (hāwmiyā)
• Bulgarian: Хауме́я f (Hauméja)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 妊神星 (jam⁶ san⁴ sing¹)

  Mandarin: 妊神星 (Rènshénxīng)

• Czech: Haumea (cs) f
• Esperanto: Haŭmeo (eo)
• French: Hauméa (fr)
• Hebrew: הַאוּמֶיָה
• Japanese: ハウメア (ja) (Haumea)
• Khmer: ហូមា (ho mea)
• Korean: 하우메아 (Haumea)
• Macedonian: Хауме́ја f (Hauméja)
• Navajo: Haʼooméya
• Portuguese: Haumea
• Russian: (indeclinable) Хауме́а f (Xauméa)
• Spanish: Haumea
• Thai: เฮาเมอา (ḥeā me xā)
• Vietnamese: Haumea

See also

• (most likely dwarf planets of the Solar System) Ceres, Orcus, Pluto, Salacia, Haumea, Quaoar, Makemake, Gonggong, Eris, Sedna
• Haumea's moons, Namaka and Hiʻiaka
• Haumeid

Cebuano

Etymology

From English Haumea, from Hawaiian (archaic) hau (“ruler”) + mea (“reddish brown”), "red ruler".

Proper noun

Haumea

1. (Hawaiian mythology) the goddess of fertility and childbirth
2. a dwarf planet in the Kuiper belt, roughly one-third the mass of Pluto

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from English Haumea.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɦau̯mɛa]
• Hyphenation: Hau‧mea

Proper noun

Haumea f

2. (Hawaiian mythology) Haumea (goddess)
   • 2008 September 20, Jana Tichá, “Haumea – pátá trpasličí planeta pojmenována”, in Planetky.cz‎^[1]:

     Haumea je jméno bohyně plodnosti a porodu z havajské mytologie.

     Haumea is the name of the goddess of fertility and childbirth from Hawaiian mythology.

4. (astronomy) Haumea (dwarf planet) [since 2008]
   • 2017 October 12, “Jako šišatý Saturn. Vědci našli u trpasličí planety Haumea prstenec”, in Česká televize.cz‎^[2]:

     Trpasličí planeta Haumea, která se nachází za Neptunem, má prstenec.

     The dwarf planet Haumea, which is located behind Neptune, has got a ring.

Declension

Declension of Haumea (sg-only feminine in -ea)

	singular
nominative	Haumea
genitive	Haumey, Haumeje
dative	Haumeji, Haumee1
accusative	Haumeu
vocative	Haumeo
locative	Haumeji, Haumee1
instrumental	Haumeou, Haumejí

¹Sometimes found in astronomical texts.

Hawaiian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hau̯ˈme.a/, [həwˈmɛ.jə]

Proper noun

Haumea

1. (Hawaiian mythology) Haumea
2. (rare) a female given name from Hawaiian
3. Haumea (dwarf planet)

References

• Hawaii State Archives: Marriage records Haumea occurs in 19th century marriage records as the only name (mononym) of 6 women and 1 man.

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English Haumea.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xawˈmɛ.a/
• Rhymes: -ɛa
• Syllabification: Hau‧me‧a

Proper noun

Haumea f

1. (Hawaiian mythology) Haumea (goddess of fertility and childbirth)
2. Haumea (dwarf planet with two known moons orbiting in the Kuiper belt, roughly one-third the mass of Pluto)

Declension

Declension of Haumea

	singular
nominative	Haumea
genitive	Haumei
dative	Haumei
accusative	Haumeę
instrumental	Haumeą
locative	Haumei
vocative	Haumeo

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /auˈmea/ [au̯ˈme.a]
• Rhymes: -ea
• Syllabification: Hau‧me‧a

Proper noun

Haumea f

1. (Hawaiian mythology) Haumea (goddess of fertility and childbirth)
2. Haumea (dwarf planet)