Makemake
See also: makemake and Make-make
English
WOTD – 23 July 2008
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Makemake's planetary symbol
Alternative forms
- Make-make (deity)
Etymology
From Rapa Nui Makemake.
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˈmɑ.keˈmɑ.ke/
Audio (US) (file)
Proper noun
Makemake
- (mythology) The creator deity in the mythology of Easter Island.
- (astronomy) A dwarf planet orbiting in the Kuiper belt, discovered in 2005.
Synonyms
- (celestial body): 2005 FY9
- (celestial body): 🝼 (U+15, 2022)
Related terms
- Makemakean
Translations
creator deity
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celestial body
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See also
- (most likely dwarf planets of the Solar System) Ceres, Orcus, Pluto, Haumea, Quaoar, Makemake, Gonggong, Eris, Sedna
Makemake (deity) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Makemake (dwarf planet) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Czech
Etymology
From Rapa Nui Makemake.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈmakɛmakɛ]
- Rhymes: -akɛ
- Hyphenation: Ma‧ke‧ma‧ke
Proper noun
Makemake m
- (mythology, animate) Makemake, the creator deity in the mythology of Easter Island.
- 1972, Stanislav Novotný, “Věčné záhady Velikonočního ostrova”, in Nový orient, volume 27–28:
- Na počest těchto Ptačích mužů, představitelů boha Makemakeho, byly během čekání v Orongo do skal tesány rytiny […]
- While waiting in Orongo, people chiselled engravings of these Bird Men, representing the god Makemake […]
- (astronomy, inanimate)Makemake, a dwarf planet and large Kuiper belt object [since 2008]
- 2017 October 12, “Jako šišatý Saturn. Vědci našli u trpasličí planety Haumea prstenec”, in Česká televize.cz:
- Haumea byla uznána Mezinárodní astronomickou unií v roce 2008 a je jednou z pěti trpasličích planet vedle Pluta, Ceres, Eris a Makemake.
- Haumea was acknowledged by the International Astronomical Union in 2008 and is one of the five dwarf planets together with Pluto, Ceres, Eris and Makemake.
Declension
- masculine animate
Declension of Makemake
singulare tantum | |
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nominative | Makemake |
genitive | Makemaka, Makemakeho |
dative | Makemakovi, Makemakemu |
accusative | Makemaka, Makemakeho |
vocative | Makemake |
locative | Makemakovi, Makemakem |
instrumental | Makemakem |
The masculine inanimate declension has not been settled in the Czech language yet.
See also
Solar System in Czech · sluneční soustava (layout · text) | ||||||||||||||||||
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Star | Slunce | |||||||||||||||||
Planets and most likely dwarf planets | Merkur | Venuše | Země | Mars | Ceres | Jupiter | Saturn | Uran | Neptun | Pluto | ||||||||
Notable moons | — | Měsíc | Phobos/Fobos Deimos | — | Io Europa Ganymed Callisto | Mimas Enceladus Tethys Dione Rhea Titan Iapetus | Miranda Ariel Umbriel Titania Oberon | Triton | Charon Styx Nix Kerberos Hydra |
Rapa Nui
Proper noun
Makemake
- creator god (also god of fertility) in Rapa Nui mythology