different between keg vs kea

English

Etymology

From Middle English kag, from Old Norse kaggi (“keg”). Cognate with Icelandic kaggi (“keg; cask”), Norwegian kagg (“keg”), Swedish kagge (“keg”), Low German kag (“vessel; craft”), Dutch kaag (“vessel; craft”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /k??/
• (dated, Southeastern Midwest of the U.S.) IPA^(key): /kæ?/
• (dated, New England, Virginia, South Carolina) IPA^(key): /ke??/
• Rhymes: -??

Noun

keg (plural kegs)

1. A round, traditionally wooden container of lesser capacity than a barrel, often used to store beer.

Coordinate terms

• sixtel

Derived terms

• kegger
• keg stand
• pony keg
• powder keg

Translations

Verb

keg (third-person singular simple present kegs, present participle kegging, simple past and past participle kegged)

1. (transitive) To store in a keg.
   • 2011, Carla Kelly, Coming Home for Christmas (page 116)

     He gestured toward the empty chair and the other officers began passing him their kegged beef and ship's biscuit.

   • 2015, Randy Mosher, Mastering Homebrew (page 228)

     Many of us get impatient with the tedium of bottling after a year or two and start thinking about kegging our beers instead.

References

Anagrams

• EKG

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