heke
Kikuyu
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hɛ̀kɛ́ꜜ/
- As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 3 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩhaato, mbembe, kiugo, and so on.
- (Kiambu)
- (Limuru) IPA(key): /hɛ̀kɛ́/
Noun
heke class 9/10 (plural heke)
See also
References
- ^ Yukawa, Yasutoshi (1981). "A Tentative Tonal Analysis of Kikuyu Nouns: A Study of Limuru Dialect." In Journal of Asian and African Studies, No. 22, 75–123.
- “heke” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 146. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
Maori
Etymology
From Proto-Polynesian *seke (compare with Tongan heke (“slippery, to slide”); Tahitian heʻe and paheʻe (“to slide”); South Marquesan heʻe and North Marquesan heke; South Marquesan tiheʻe and North Marquesan tiheke; Hawaiian heʻe (“to melt, to flow”))[1][2] Doublet of hekeheke.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈheke/
Verb
heke
Noun
heke
Related terms
- hekeheke
- paheke
References
- ^ Tregear, Edward (1891) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary[1], Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, pages 60-1
- ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “seke.1a”, in “POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 50, number 2, pages 551-559
Further reading
- “heke” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.
Rapa Nui
Etymology
From Proto-Polynesian *feke. Cognates include Hawaiian heʻe and Maori wheke.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhe.ke/
- Hyphenation: he‧ke
Noun
heke
References
- “heke”, in Diccionario etimológico Rapanui-Español, Valparaíso: Comisión para la Estructuración de la Lengua Rapanui, 2000, →ISBN
- Paulus Kieviet (2017) A grammar of Rapa Nui[2], Berlin: Language Science Press, →ISBN, page 424
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish jeque. Doublet of siyak.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈheke/ [ˈhɛː.xɛ]
- Rhymes: -eke
- Syllabification: he‧ke
Noun
heke (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜒᜃᜒ)
Further reading
- “heke”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018