kea

See also: Kea and ke'a

English
Three kea.

Etymology

Borrowed from Maori kea.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkiːə/, /ˈkeɪə/, /kɪə/

Noun

kea (plural keas or kea)

  1. Nestor notabilis, a parrot of New Zealand.

Usage notes

The unmarked plural form kea is mainly found in New Zealand.

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Finnish

Etymology

From Maori kea, probably through English kea.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkeɑ/, [ˈke̞ɑ]
  • Rhymes: -eɑ

Noun

kea

  1. kea, Nestor notabilis

Declension
Inflection of kea (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
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
instructive — keoin
abessive keatta keoitta
comitative — keoineen

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Hawaiian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *tea.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈke.a/, [ˈkɛjə]

Verb

kea

  1. (stative) white

Derived terms

Italian

Noun

kea m (plural kea)

  1. kea

Maori

Etymology

Noun

kea

  1. snot
  2. the kea, Nestor notabilis

Descendants
  • → English: kea
    • → French: kéa
    • → Finnish: kea
    • → German: Kea
    • → Italian: kea
    • → Russian: ке́а (kéa)

See also
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