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Translingual

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Etymology

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Abbreviation of English Peranakan Indonesian or Malay peranakan.

Symbol

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pea

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Peranakan Indonesian.

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English

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English Wikipedia has an article on:
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A pea plant, Pisum sativum (1).
Pea seeds in a pod (2).

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Etymology 1

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Etymology tree
Ancient Greek πίσον (píson)bor.
Latin pisum
Late Latin pisader.
Old English pise
Middle English pese
English peasebf.
English pea

    Back-formation from pease, an original singular reinterpreted as a plural. Further from Middle English pese (“a pea”), from Old English pise, from Latin pisa, pisum, from Ancient Greek πίσον (píson).

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    Noun

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    pea (plural peas or (archaic) pease)

    2. Any of certain plants of the family Fabaceae: Pisum sativum and others.
      Coordinate term: bean
      Hyponyms: garden pea; field pea, cowpea, black-eyed pea; pigeon pea, sea pea, sweetpea, sweet pea
      2. (especially, when without a qualifier) A plant, Pisum sativum, member of the legume (Fabaceae) family.
        Hyponyms: snap pea, snow pea, sugar pea, sugar snap pea
    4. (cooking) The edible seed of Pisum sativum.
      Hyponyms: snap pea, snow pea, sugar pea, sugar snap pea
    6. (cooking) The edible seed of various other pea plants.
      Hyponyms: field pea, cowpea, black-eyed pea
    8. Any of several varieties of bean.
      peas and rice
      Vigna unguiculata subsp. unguiculata is what most people call black-eyed peas but some people call black-eyed beans.
    10. (MLE, in the plural) Money.
      Man's making bare peas.
      • 2023, Nathan Bryon, Tom Melia, directed by Raine Allen-Miller, Rye Lane, spoken by Nathan (Simon Manyonda):
        Oh, come on. Help a brother out. People see you coppin', might inspire them. Look, I know you ain't payin' bills right now. Man must have bare peas saved up.
    Usage notes
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    See usage notes at bean regarding the differences in terminology.

    Derived terms
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    Terms derived from pea (noun)
    Descendants
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    • → Abenaki: piz (“a pea”)
    • → Mohegan-Pequot: pish (“a pea”)
    • → Yurok: pi·š, peeesh (“a pea”)
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    Etymology 2

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    From having the appearance of a pea (see English etymology 1), the edible seed of Pisum sativum, the pea plant.

    Noun

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    pea (plural peas)

    1. (baseball) A ball travelling at high velocity.
    2. (US, Indiana, gambling) Any of the small numbered balls used in a pea shake game.
    3. (astronomy) Ellipsis of green pea galaxy.
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    Etymology 3

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      From Middle English pe, po, poue, pa, paue, from Old English pēa, pāwa (“peacock”) (compare Old English pāwe (“peahen”)) and Old Norse pái (“peacock”), both from Proto-Germanic *pāwô (“peacock”), from Latin pāvō (“peacock”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Pau, West Frisian pau, Dutch pauw, German Pfau. Doublet of Pavo.

      Noun

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      pea (plural peas)

      1. (rare, archaic) a peafowl
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      Etymology 4

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      Noun

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      pea (plural peas)

      1. (nautical) Alternative form of peak.

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      Anagrams

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      Akan

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      Noun

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      pea (Twi)

      1. harpoon
      2. spear

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      References

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      • LearnAkan (2018–present), “harpoon”, in LearnAkanDictionary.com (overall work in English)

      Basque

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      Noun

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      pea

      1. absolutive singular of pe

      Chinese

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      Noun

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      pea (Cantonese)

      1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
        放pea [Cantonese]  ―  fong3 pe5 [Jyutping]  ―  to slack off

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      Adjective

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      pea (Cantonese)

      1. slack; without effort
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      Estonian

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      Etymology

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      From Proto-Finnic *pää, from Proto-Uralic *päŋe. Cognate with Finnish pää and Hungarian fej.

      Pronunciation

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      Noun

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      pea (genitive pea, partitive pead)

      1. head

      Declension

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      Declension of pea (ÕS type 26i/idee, no gradation)
      singular plural
      nominative pea pead
      accusative nom.
      gen. pea
      genitive peade
      partitive pead päid
      peasid
      illative peasse peadesse
      päisse
      inessive peas peades
      päis
      elative peast peadest
      päist
      allative peale peadele
      päile
      adessive peal peadel
      päil
      ablative pealt peadelt
      päilt
      translative peaks peadeks
      päiks
      terminative peani peadeni
      essive peana peadena
      abessive peata peadeta
      comitative peaga peadega

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      Adverb

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      pea (not comparable)

      1. almost
        Pea iga kord seisab ta seal kohas.
        He stands there almost every time.
      2. soon, immediately, quickly (in modern use almost always together with some other word or affix, such as kohe, õige, nii, -gi)
        Kohe pea oleme kohal.
        Soon we'll be there.
        Rändurid uinusid pea.
        The travelers fell asleep quickly.

      Further reading

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      • “pea”, in [PSV] Eesti keele põhisõnavara sõnastik [Dictionary of Estonian Basic Vocabulary] (in Estonian) (online version, not updated), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2014
      • “pea”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
      • “pea”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN
      • pea in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)

      Hawaiian

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      Etymology

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      From English bear.

      Pronunciation

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      • IPA(key): /ˈpe.a/, [ˈpɛ.jə]
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      Noun

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      pea

      1. bear

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      Japanese

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      Romanization

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      pea

      1. Rōmaji transcription of ペア

      Māori

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      Etymology

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      From English bear.

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      Noun

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      pea

      1. bear

      Niuean

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      Etymology

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      From English bear.

      Noun

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      pea

      1. bear

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      • Wolfgang B. Sperlich, editor (1997), Tohi Vagahau Niue—Niue Language Dictionary‎[1], Honolulu: University of Hawaiʻi Press, →ISBN, page 263

      Old English

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      Pronunciation

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      Noun

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      pēa m

      1. alternative form of pāwa

      Rarotongan

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      Etymology 1

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      Borrowed from English bear.

      Noun

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      pea

      1. bear

      Etymology 2

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      Borrowed from English pear.

      Noun

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      pea

      1. pear

      Etymology 3

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      Borrowed from English pair.

      Noun

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      pea

      1. pair

      Spanish

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      Pronunciation

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      • IPA(key): /ˈpea/ [ˈpe.a]
      • Rhymes: -ea
      • Syllabification: pe‧a

      Etymology 1

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        Deverbal from peer.

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        pea f (plural peas)

        1. (colloquial) drunkenness
          Synonyms: see Thesaurus:borrachera

        Etymology 2

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          See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

          Verb

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          pea

          1. inflection of peer:
            1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
            2. third-person singular imperative

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          Swahili

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          Pronunciation

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          Verb

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          -pea (infinitive kupea)

          1. Applicative form of -pa: to give to

          Conjugation

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          Conjugation of -pea
          Positive present -napea
          Subjunctive -pee
          Negative -pei
          Imperative singular pea
          Infinitives
          Positive kupea
          Negative kutopea
          Imperatives
          Singular pea
          Plural peeni
          Tensed forms
          Habitual hupea
          Positive past positive subject concord + -lipea
          Negative past negative subject concord + -kupea
          Positive present (positive subject concord + -napea)
          Singular Plural
          1st person ninapea/napea tunapea
          2nd person unapea mnapea
          3rd person m-wa(I/II) anapea wanapea
          other classes positive subject concord + -napea
          Negative present (negative subject concord + -pei)
          Singular Plural
          1st person sipei hatupei
          2nd person hupei hampei
          3rd person m-wa(I/II) hapei hawapei
          other classes negative subject concord + -pei
          Positive future positive subject concord + -tapea
          Negative future negative subject concord + -tapea
          Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -pee)
          Singular Plural
          1st person nipee tupee
          2nd person upee mpee
          3rd person m-wa(I/II) apee wapee
          other classes positive subject concord + -pee
          Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sipee
          Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngepea
          Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singepea
          Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalipea
          Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalipea
          Gnomic (positive subject concord + -apea)
          Singular Plural
          1st person napea twapea
          2nd person wapea mwapea
          3rd person m-wa(I/II) apea wapea
          m-mi(III/IV) wapea yapea
          ji-ma(V/VI) lapea yapea
          ki-vi(VII/VIII) chapea vyapea
          n(IX/X) yapea zapea
          u(XI) wapea see n(X) or ma(VI) class
          ku(XV/XVII) kwapea
          pa(XVI) papea
          mu(XVIII) mwapea
          Perfect positive subject concord + -mepea
          "Already" positive subject concord + -meshapea
          "Not yet" negative subject concord + -japea
          "If/When" positive subject concord + -kipea
          "If not" positive subject concord + -sipopea
          Consecutive kapea / positive subject concord + -kapea
          Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kapee
          Object concord (indicative positive)
          Singular Plural
          1st person -nipea -tupea
          2nd person -kupea -wapea/-kupeeni/-wapeeni
          3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mpea -wapea
          m-mi(III/IV) -upea -ipea
          ji-ma(V/VI) -lipea -yapea
          ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kipea -vipea
          n(IX/X) -ipea -zipea
          u(XI) -upea see n(X) or ma(VI) class
          ku(XV/XVII) -kupea
          pa(XVI) -papea
          mu(XVIII) -mupea
          Reflexive -jipea
          Relative forms
          General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -pea- + relative marker)
          Singular Plural
          m-wa(I/II) -peaye -peao
          m-mi(III/IV) -peao -peayo
          ji-ma(V/VI) -pealo -peayo
          ki-vi(VII/VIII) -peacho -peavyo
          n(IX/X) -peayo -peazo
          u(XI) -peao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
          ku(XV/XVII) -peako
          pa(XVI) -peapo
          mu(XVIII) -peamo
          Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -pea)
          Singular Plural
          m-wa(I/II) -yepea -opea
          m-mi(III/IV) -opea -yopea
          ji-ma(V/VI) -lopea -yopea
          ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chopea -vyopea
          n(IX/X) -yopea -zopea
          u(XI) -opea see n(X) or ma(VI) class
          ku(XV/XVII) -kopea
          pa(XVI) -popea
          mu(XVIII) -mopea
          Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

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          Borrowed from English bear. Cognates include Hawaiian pea, Māori pea, Tokelauan pea and Wallisian pea.

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          pea

          1. bear

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          Pronunciation

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          • IPA(key): /ˈpe.a/
          • Hyphenation: pe‧a

          Etymology 1

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          From Proto-Polynesian *pea. Cognates include Tongan pea and Samoan pea.

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          pea

          1. Indicates a continuous action; keep on, continuously
          2. Indicates that the action was performed in spite of what preceded; nevertheless, still

          Etymology 2

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          Borrowed from English pair.

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          pea

          1. pair
          2. A woman's costume worn over a long skirt.

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          pea

          1. (stative) to be alike

          Etymology 3

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          Te pea (3.1).
          Te pea (3.2).

          Borrowed from English pear.

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          pea

          1. pear
          2. pear tree

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          Te pea (4.1).

          Borrowed from English bear. Cognates include Hawaiian pea, Māori pea, Tahitian pea and Wallisian pea.

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          pea

          1. bear

          References

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          • R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎[2], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 265

          Wallisian

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          Pea

          Etymology

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          Borrowed from English bear. Cognates include Hawaiian pea, Māori pea, Tahitian pea and Tokelauan pea.

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          • IPA(key): /pe.a/
          • Hyphenation: pe‧a

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          pea

          1. bear

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          Etymology

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          Inherited from Old French pel, from Latin pellis, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“to cover, wrap; skin, hide, cloth”).

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          pea f (plural peas)

          1. (anatomy) skin
          2. hide, fur

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          pea

          1. alternative form of pia (“rice”)

          References

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          • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982), The Makian languages and their neighbours‎[3], Pacific linguistics
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