Makemake

See also: makemake and Make-make

Contents

English

WOTD – 23 July 2008

Alternative forms

• Make-make (deity)

Etymology

From Rapa Nui Makemake

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑ.keˈmɑ.ke/

• Audio (US)

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Proper noun

Makemake

2. (mythology) The creator deity in the mythology of Easter Island.
4. A dwarf planet and large Kuiper Belt Object, discovered in 2005.

Synonyms

• (dwarf planet): 2005 FY₉

Translations

creator deity

• Czech: Makemake m anim
• Esperanto: Makemako
• French: Make-Make
• Khmer: ម៉ាកេម៉ាកេ (mar kei mar kei)

• Navajo: Maakiimaakii
• Spanish: Makemake
• Swedish: Makemake (sv)
• Turkish: Makemake

dwarf planet

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 鳥神星, 鸟神星 (niu⁵ san⁴ sing¹)

  Mandarin: 鳥神星, 鸟神星 (Niǎoshénxīng)

• Czech: Makemake m inan
• Esperanto: Makemako
• French: Makemake

• Khmer: ម៉ាកេម៉ាកេ (mar kei mar kei)
• Navajo: Maakiimaakii
• Russian: (indeclinable) Макема́ке m (Makemáke)
• Spanish: Makemake
• Swedish: Makemake (sv)

See also

• (dwarf planets of the Solar System) dwarf planets of the Solar System; Ceres, Orcus, Pluto, Salacia, Varuna, Haumea, Quaoar, Makemake, 2007 OR10, Eris, Sedna
• Makemake (mythology) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Makemake (dwarf planet) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Czech

Etymology

From Rapa Nui Makemake.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmakɛmakɛ]
• Rhymes: -akɛ
• Hyphenation: Ma‧ke‧ma‧ke

Proper noun

Makemake m

2. (mythology, animate) Makemake, the creator deity in the mythology of Easter Island.
   • 1972, Stanislav Novotný, “Věčné záhady Velikonočního ostrova”, in Nový orient, volume 27–28:

     Na počest těchto Ptačích mužů, představitelů boha Makemakeho, byly během čekání v Orongo do skal tesány rytiny […]

     While waiting in Orongo, people chiselled engravings of these Bird Men, representing the god Makemake […]

4. (astronomy, inanimate) Makemake, a dwarf planet and large Kuiper belt object [since 2008]
   • 2017 October 12, “Jako šišatý Saturn. Vědci našli u trpasličí planety Haumea prstenec”, in Česká televize.cz‎^[1]:

     Haumea byla uznána Mezinárodní astronomickou unií v roce 2008 a je jednou z pěti trpasličích planet vedle Pluta, Ceres, Eris a Makemake.

     Haumea was acknowledged by the International Astronomical Union in 2008 and is one of the five dwarf planets together with Pluto, Ceres, Eris and Makemake.

Declension

masculine animate

Declension of Makemake

	singulare tantum
nominative	Makemake
genitive	Makemaka, Makemakeho
dative	Makemakovi, Makemakemu
accusative	Makemaka, Makemakeho
vocative	Makemake
locative	Makemakovi, Makemakem
instrumental	Makemakem

The masculine inanimate declension has not been settled in the Czech language yet.

See also

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Rapa Nui

Proper noun

Makemake

1. creator god (also god of fertility) in Rapa Nui mythology