kehua
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Maori.
Noun
kehua (plural kehuas or kehua)
- (New Zealand) A ghost; an evil spirit.
- 1906, Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, page 228,
- An old man explained to me, “The spirits of dead persons are afflicting such sufferers. These kehua control them. If the afflicted person survives he will be the medium of that [evil] spirit. Some people become demented when so affected.”
- 1924, Elsdon Best, Māori Religion and Mythology: being an account of the cosmogony, anthropogeny, religious beliefs and rites, magic and folk lore of the Māori folk of New Zealand, Part 2, 2005, Te Papa Press, page 42,
- The other aspect of the "etheric double" of the theosophist, that is the wraith or apparitional spirit seen after the death of the body, is the kehua of the Maori.
- 2001, Patricia Grace, Irihapeti Ramsden, Jonathan Dennis, The Silent Migration: Ngati Poneke Young Maori Club, 1937-1948, page 17,
- We'd say, 'Ready? Steady. Go!' And we'd run past his bedroom. Grandpa would be in his armchair looking out. We'd flash past crying out, ‘Kehua! Kehua!’
- 1906, Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, page 228,
Anagrams
- Hauke
Finnish
(index ke)
Etymology
Uncertain, possibly from kehä.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈke̞ɦuɑˣ]
- Hyphenation: ke‧hu‧a
- Rhymes: -ɑ
Verb
kehua
- (transitive) to praise, tout
- Kuinka kehun naista kauniiksi?
- How should I praise a woman's beauty?
- Hän kehui minua artikkelistäni.
- He praised me for my article."
- Kuinka kehun naista kauniiksi?
Conjugation
| Inflection of kehua (Kotus type 52/sanoa, no gradation) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative mood | ||||||
| present tense | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | kehun | en kehu | 1st sing. | olen kehunut | en ole kehunut | |
| 2nd sing. | kehut | et kehu | 2nd sing. | olet kehunut | et ole kehunut | |
| 3rd sing. | kehuu | ei kehu | 3rd sing. | on kehunut | ei ole kehunut | |
| 1st plur. | kehumme | emme kehu | 1st plur. | olemme kehuneet | emme ole kehuneet | |
| 2nd plur. | kehutte | ette kehu | 2nd plur. | olette kehuneet | ette ole kehuneet | |
| 3rd plur. | kehuvat | eivät kehu | 3rd plur. | ovat kehuneet | eivät ole kehuneet | |
| passive | kehutaan | ei kehuta | passive | on kehuttu | ei ole kehuttu | |
| past tense | pluperfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | kehuin | en kehunut | 1st sing. | olin kehunut | en ollut kehunut | |
| 2nd sing. | kehuit | et kehunut | 2nd sing. | olit kehunut | et ollut kehunut | |
| 3rd sing. | kehui | ei kehunut | 3rd sing. | oli kehunut | ei ollut kehunut | |
| 1st plur. | kehuimme | emme kehuneet | 1st plur. | olimme kehuneet | emme olleet kehuneet | |
| 2nd plur. | kehuitte | ette kehuneet | 2nd plur. | olitte kehuneet | ette olleet kehuneet | |
| 3rd plur. | kehuivat | eivät kehuneet | 3rd plur. | olivat kehuneet | eivät olleet kehuneet | |
| passive | kehuttiin | ei kehuttu | passive | oli kehuttu | ei ollut kehuttu | |
| conditional mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | kehuisin | en kehuisi | 1st sing. | olisin kehunut | en olisi kehunut | |
| 2nd sing. | kehuisit | et kehuisi | 2nd sing. | olisit kehunut | et olisi kehunut | |
| 3rd sing. | kehuisi | ei kehuisi | 3rd sing. | olisi kehunut | ei olisi kehunut | |
| 1st plur. | kehuisimme | emme kehuisi | 1st plur. | olisimme kehuneet | emme olisi kehuneet | |
| 2nd plur. | kehuisitte | ette kehuisi | 2nd plur. | olisitte kehuneet | ette olisi kehuneet | |
| 3rd plur. | kehuisivat | eivät kehuisi | 3rd plur. | olisivat kehuneet | eivät olisi kehuneet | |
| passive | kehuttaisiin | ei kehuttaisi | passive | olisi kehuttu | ei olisi kehuttu | |
| imperative mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | — | — | 1st sing. | — | — | |
| 2nd sing. | kehu | älä kehu | 2nd sing. | ole kehunut | älä ole kehunut | |
| 3rd sing. | kehukoon | älköön kehuko | 3rd sing. | olkoon kehunut | älköön olko kehunut | |
| 1st plur. | kehukaamme | älkäämme kehuko | 1st plur. | olkaamme kehuneet | älkäämme olko kehuneet | |
| 2nd plur. | kehukaa | älkää kehuko | 2nd plur. | olkaa kehuneet | älkää olko kehuneet | |
| 3rd plur. | kehukoot | älkööt kehuko | 3rd plur. | olkoot kehuneet | älkööt olko kehuneet | |
| passive | kehuttakoon | älköön kehuttako | passive | olkoon kehuttu | älköön olko kehuttu | |
| potential mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | kehunen | en kehune | 1st sing. | lienen kehunut | en liene kehunut | |
| 2nd sing. | kehunet | et kehune | 2nd sing. | lienet kehunut | et liene kehunut | |
| 3rd sing. | kehunee | ei kehune | 3rd sing. | lienee kehunut | ei liene kehunut | |
| 1st plur. | kehunemme | emme kehune | 1st plur. | lienemme kehuneet | emme liene kehuneet | |
| 2nd plur. | kehunette | ette kehune | 2nd plur. | lienette kehuneet | ette liene kehuneet | |
| 3rd plur. | kehunevat | eivät kehune | 3rd plur. | lienevät kehuneet | eivät liene kehuneet | |
| passive | kehuttaneen | ei kehuttane | passive | lienee kehuttu | ei liene kehuttu | |
| Nominal forms | ||||||
| infinitives | participles | |||||
| active | passive | active | passive | |||
| 1st | kehua | present | kehuva | kehuttava | ||
| long 1st2 | kehuakseen | past | kehunut | kehuttu | ||
| 2nd | inessive1 | kehuessa | kehuttaessa | agent1, 3 | kehuma | |
| instructive | kehuen | — | negative | kehumaton | ||
| 3rd | inessive | kehumassa | — | 1) Usually with a possessive suffix. 2) Used only with a possessive suffix; this is the form for the third-person singular and third-person plural. | ||
| elative | kehumasta | — | ||||
| illative | kehumaan | — | ||||
| adessive | kehumalla | — | ||||
| abessive | kehumatta | — | ||||
| instructive | kehuman | kehuttaman | ||||
| 4th | nominative | kehuminen | ||||
| partitive | kehumista | |||||
| 5th2 | kehumaisillaan | |||||
Derived terms
- nouns: kehu
- adjectives: kehuttava
- verbs: frequentative kehuskella, momentane kehaista
Anagrams
- uhkea