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pea

See also: Pea, PEA, peà, peã, peʻa, and pe'a

EnglishEdit

 
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A pea plant, Pisum sativum (1).
 
Pea seeds in a pod (2).

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

Back-formation from pease, an original singular reinterpreted as a plural. Further from Middle English pese (“a pea”), from Old English pisa, from Latin pisa, pisum, from Ancient Greek πίσον (píson).

Alternative formsEdit

NounEdit

pea (plural peas)

  1. A plant, Pisum sativum, member of the legume (Fabaceae) family.
  2. Any plant of the family Fabaceae.
  3. (cooking) The edible seed of Pisum sativum; the green pea.
  4. (cooking) The edible seed of various other pea plants.
  5. (Jamaica) Any of several varieties of bean.
    peas and rice
  6. (MLE, in the plural) Money.
    Man's making bare peas.
Usage notesEdit

See usage notes at bean regarding the differences in terminology.

Derived termsEdit
Terms derived from pea (noun)
DescendantsEdit
  • → Abenaki: piz (“a pea”)
  • → Mohegan-Pequot: pish (“a pea”)
  • → Yurok: pi·š, peeesh (“a pea”)
TranslationsEdit

Etymology 2Edit

From having the appearance of a pea (see English etymology 1), the edible seed of Pisum sativum, the pea plant.

NounEdit

pea (plural peas)

  1. (baseball) A ball travelling at high velocity.
  2. (US, Indiana, gambling) Any of the small numbered balls used in a pea shake game.
  3. (astronomy) Ellipsis of green pea galaxy.
TranslationsEdit

Etymology 3Edit

From Middle English pe, po, poue, pa, paue, from Old English pēa, pāwa (“peacock”) (compare Old English pāwe (“peahen”)) and Old Norse pái (“peacock”), both from Proto-Germanic *pāwô (“peacock”), from Latin pāvō (“peacock”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Pau, West Frisian pau, Dutch pauw, German Pfau. Doublet of Pavo.

NounEdit

pea (plural peas)

  1. (rare, archaic) a peafowl
Derived termsEdit

Etymology 4Edit

NounEdit

pea (plural peas)

  1. (nautical) Alternative form of peak

Further readingEdit

AnagramsEdit

BasqueEdit

NounEdit

pea

  1. absolutive singular of pe

ChineseEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

pea (Cantonese)

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    放pea [Cantonese]  ―  fong3 pe5 [Jyutping]  ―  to slack off

Derived termsEdit

AdjectiveEdit

pea (Cantonese)

  1. slack; without effort

Related termsEdit

EstonianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Finnic *pää, from Proto-Uralic *päŋe. Cognate with Finnish pää and Hungarian fej.

NounEdit

pea (genitive pea, partitive pead)

  1. head

DeclensionEdit

Declension of pea
singular (ainsus) plural (mitmus)
nominative (nimetav) pea pead
genitive (omastav) pea peade
partitive (osastav) pead päid
illative (sisseütlev) peasse peadesse
inessive (seesütlev) peas peades
elative (seestütlev) peast peadest
allative (alaleütlev) peale peadele
adessive (alalütlev) peal peadel
ablative (alaltütlev) pealt peadelt
translative (saav) peaks peadeks
terminative (rajav) peani peadeni
essive (olev) peana peadena
abessive (ilmaütlev) peata peadeta
comitative (kaasaütlev) peaga peadega

Derived termsEdit

AdverbEdit

pea

  1. almost
    Pea iga kord seisab ta seal kohas.
    He stands there almost every time.
  2. soon, immediately, quickly (in modern use almost always together with some other word or affix, such as kohe, õige, nii, -gi)
    Kohe pea oleme kohal.
    Soon we'll be there.
    Rändurid uinusid pea.
    The travelers fell asleep quickly.

HawaiianEdit

 

EtymologyEdit

From English bear.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈpe.a/, [ˈpɛjə]
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NounEdit

pea

  1. bear

Derived termsEdit

JapaneseEdit

RomanizationEdit

pea

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ペア

MaoriEdit

EtymologyEdit

From English bear.

NounEdit

pea

  1. bear

RarotonganEdit

Etymology 1Edit

Borrowed from English bear.

NounEdit

pea

  1. bear

Etymology 2Edit

Borrowed from English pear.

NounEdit

pea

  1. pear

Etymology 3Edit

Borrowed from English pair.

NounEdit

pea

  1. pair

SpanishEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈpea/ [ˈpe.a]
  • Rhymes: -ea
  • Syllabification: pe‧a

Etymology 1Edit

From peer.

NounEdit

pea f (plural peas)

  1. (colloquial) drunkenness
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:borrachera

Etymology 2Edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

VerbEdit

pea

  1. inflection of peer:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Further readingEdit

SwahiliEdit

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

-pea (infinitive kupea)

  1. Applicative form of -pa: to give to

ConjugationEdit

Conjugation of -pea
Positive present -napea
Subjunctive -pee
Negative -pei
Imperative singular pea
Infinitives
Positive kupea
Negative kutopea
Imperatives
Singular pea
Plural peeni
Tensed forms
Habitual hupea
Positive past positive subject concord + -lipea
Negative past negative subject concord + -kupea
Positive present (positive subject concord + -napea)
Singular Plural
1st person ninapea/napea tunapea
2nd person unapea mnapea
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anapea wanapea
other classes positive subject concord + -napea
Negative present (negative subject concord + -pei)
Singular Plural
1st person sipei hatupei
2nd person hupei hampei
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hapei hawapei
other classes negative subject concord + -pei
Positive future positive subject concord + -tapea
Negative future negative subject concord + -tapea
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -pee)
Singular Plural
1st person nipee tupee
2nd person upee mpee
3rd person m-wa(I/II) apee wapee
other classes positive subject concord + -pee
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sipee
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngepea
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singepea
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalipea
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalipea
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -apea)
Singular Plural
1st person napea twapea
2nd person wapea mwapea
3rd person m-wa(I/II) apea wapea
m-mi(III/IV) wapea yapea
ji-ma(V/VI) lapea yapea
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chapea vyapea
n(IX/X) yapea zapea
u(XI) wapea see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwapea
pa(XVI) papea
mu(XVIII) mwapea
Perfect positive subject concord + -mepea
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshapea
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -japea
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kipea
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipopea
Consecutive kapea / positive subject concord + -kapea
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kapee
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nipea -tupea
2nd person -kupea -wapea/-kupeeni/-wapeeni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mpea -wapea
m-mi(III/IV) -upea -ipea
ji-ma(V/VI) -lipea -yapea
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kipea -vipea
n(IX/X) -ipea -zipea
u(XI) -upea see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kupea
pa(XVI) -papea
mu(XVIII) -mupea
Reflexive -jipea
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -pea- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -peaye -peao
m-mi(III/IV) -peao -peayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -pealo -peayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -peacho -peavyo
n(IX/X) -peayo -peazo
u(XI) -peao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -peako
pa(XVI) -peapo
mu(XVIII) -peamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -pea)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yepea -opea
m-mi(III/IV) -opea -yopea
ji-ma(V/VI) -lopea -yopea
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chopea -vyopea
n(IX/X) -yopea -zopea
u(XI) -opea see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kopea
pa(XVI) -popea
mu(XVIII) -mopea
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

TahitianEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from English bear. Cognates include Hawaiian pea, Maori pea, Tokelauan pea and Wallisian pea.

NounEdit

pea

  1. bear

TokelauanEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈpe.a/
  • Hyphenation: pe‧a

Etymology 1Edit

From Proto-Polynesian *pea. Cognates include Tongan pea and Samoan pea.

ParticleEdit

pea

  1. Indicates a continuous action; keep on, continuously
  2. Indicates that the action was performed in spite of what preceded; nevertheless, still

Etymology 2Edit

Borrowed from English pair.

NounEdit

pea

  1. pair
  2. A woman's costume worn over a long skirt.

VerbEdit

pea

  1. (stative) to be alike

Etymology 3Edit

 
Te pea (3.1).
 
Te pea (3.2).

Borrowed from English pear.

NounEdit

pea

  1. pear
  2. pear tree

Etymology 4Edit

 
Te pea (4.1).

Borrowed from English bear. Cognates include Hawaiian pea, Maori pea, Tahitian pea and Wallisian pea.

NounEdit

pea

  1. bear

ReferencesEdit

  • R. Simona, editor (1986) Tokelau Dictionary‎[1], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 265

WallisianEdit

 
Pea

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from English bear. Cognates include Hawaiian pea, Maori pea, Tahitian pea and Tokelauan pea.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /pe.a/
  • Hyphenation: pe‧a

NounEdit

pea

  1. bear

WalloonEdit

EtymologyEdit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

pea ? (plural peas)

  1. (anatomy) skin

West MakianEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

pea

  1. Alternative form of pia (“rice”)

ReferencesEdit

  • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎[2], Pacific linguistics
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