different between kea vs keak

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Maori kea.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ki??/, /?ke??/, /k??/

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.

Translations

Anagrams

• Ake, ake, eka-

Basque

Noun

kea

1. absolutive singular of ke

Finnish

Etymology

From Maori kea, probably through English kea.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ke?/, [?ke??]
• Rhymes: -e?
• Syllabification: ke?a

Noun

kea

1. kea, Nestor notabilis

Declension

Hypernyms

• papukaija

Anagrams

• eka

Hawaiian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *tea.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ke.a/, [?k?j?]

Verb

kea

1. (stative) white

Derived terms

• Mauna Kea (literally “white mountain”)

Italian

Noun

kea m (plural kea)

1. kea

Maori

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *kea (“hawksbill turtle”).

Noun

kea

1. snot
2. the kea, Nestor notabilis

Descendants

• ? English: kea
  • ? French: kéa
  • ? Finnish: kea
  • ? German: Kea
  • ? Italian: kea
  • ? Russian: ???? (kéa)

See also

• k?k?
• k?k?p?

References

English

Verb

keak (third-person singular simple present keaks, present participle keaking, simple past and past participle keaked)

1. (archaic) To cackle or laugh.
2. (Yorkshire) To jerk a limb or tilt the head.

References

• (cackle, laugh) Keak, in Poplollies and Bellibones: A Celebration of Lost Words, by Susan Kelz Sperling, 1977, page 16.
• (to jerk, to tilt) Keak, in A Glossary of Words Pertaining to the Dialect of Mid-Yorshire..., by C. Clough Robinson, 1867, page 67[1]

Anagrams

• Ekka, ekka

Basque

Noun

keak

1. absolutive plural of ke
2. ergative singular of ke