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/
- As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including hiti, icembe, igoko (pl. magoko), ihĩtia (pl. mahĩtia), itumbĩ (pl. matumbĩ), kĩeha, kĩng'ang'i, mũhikania, mũhũmũ, mũkanda, mbica, nduka, ngingo, ngũkũ, rũthanju, tombo, and so on.[1]
Noun
heke class 9/10 (plural heke)
- testicle
- Synonyms: ndendera, nyee
See also
- ũruu, mũthita
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
Noun
heke
- thigh
- rafter
Rapa Nui
Te heke.
Etymology
From Proto-Polynesian *feke. Cognates include Hawaiian heʻe and Maori wheke.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhe.ke/
- Hyphenation: he‧ke
Noun
heke
- octopus
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, Berlin: Language Science Press, →ISBN, page 424
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish jeque, from Old Spanish xeque, from Andalusian Arabic شَيْخ (šéḵ), from Arabic شَيْخ (šayḵ, “an elder in charge”). Doublet of siyak.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: he‧ke
- IPA(key): /ˈheke/, [ˈhe.xe]
Noun
heke (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜒᜃᜒ)
- (Islam) Moorish sheik
- Synonym: (obsolete) siyak
Further reading
- “heke”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018