Makemake

See also: makemake and Make-make

English

WOTD – 23 July 2008

Alternative forms

• Make-make (deity)

Etymology

From Rapa Nui Makemake

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑ.keˈmɑ.ke/

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Proper noun

Makemake

2. (mythology) The creator deity in the mythology of Easter Island.
4. (astronomy) A celestial body orbiting in the Kuiper belt and a likely dwarf planet, discovered in 2005.

Synonyms

• (celestial body): 2005 FY₉

Related terms

• Makemakean

Translations

creator deity

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

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

celestial body

• 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 (eo)
• French: Makemake

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

See also

• (most likely dwarf planets of the Solar System) Ceres, Orcus, Pluto, Haumea, Quaoar, Makemake, Gonggong, Eris, Sedna
• Makemake (deity) 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

Solar System in Czech · sluneční soustava (layout · text)
Star	Slunce
Planets and most likely dwarf planets	Merkur	Venuše	Země	Mars	Ceres	Jupiter	Saturn	Uran	Neptun	Pluto	Haumea	Makemake	Eris
Notable moons	—		Měsíc	Phobos/Fobos Deimos	—	Ganymed Callisto Io Europa	Titan Rhea Iapetus Dione Tethys Enceladus Mimas	Titania Oberon Umbriel Ariel Miranda	Triton	Charon Hydra Nix Kerberos Styx	Hiʻiaka Namaka	(MK2)	Dysnomia

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Rapa Nui

Proper noun

Makemake

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