Haumea

English
🝻
Haumea's planetary symbol ⟨🝻⟩

Etymology

From Hawaiian hau (“ruler”) (archaic) + mea (“reddish brown”), "red ruler".[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˌhɑː.uːˈmeɪ.ə/, /haʊˈmeɪ.ə/

Proper noun

Haumea

  1. (Hawaiian mythology) The goddess of fertility and childbirth.
  2. A dwarf planet with two known moons orbiting in the Kuiper belt, roughly one-third the mass of Pluto

Synonyms
  • (celestial body): 🝻

Translations

See also

References
  1. Mary Kawena Puku'i and Samuel H.Elbert, Hawaiian Dictionary, University of Hawaii Press 1971, page 382.

Cebuano

Etymology

From English Haumea, from Hawaiian (archaic) hau (“ruler”) + mea (“reddish brown”), "red ruler".

Proper noun

Haumea

  1. (Hawaiian mythology) the goddess of fertility and childbirth
  2. a dwarf planet in the Kuiper belt, roughly one-third the mass of Pluto

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from English Haumea.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈɦau̯mɛa]
  • Hyphenation: Hau‧mea

Proper noun

Haumea f

  1. (Hawaiian mythology) Haumea (goddess)
    • 2008 September 20, Jana Tichá, “Haumea – pátá trpasličí planeta pojmenována”, in Planetky.cz‎:
      Haumea je jméno bohyně plodnosti a porodu z havajské mytologie.
      Haumea is the name of the goddess of fertility and childbirth from Hawaiian mythology.
  2. (astronomy) Haumea (dwarf planet) [since 2008]
    • 2017 October 12, “Jako šišatý Saturn. Vědci našli u trpasličí planety Haumea prstenec”, in Česká televize.cz‎:
      Trpasličí planeta Haumea, která se nachází za Neptunem, má prstenec.
      The dwarf planet Haumea, which is located behind Neptune, has got a ring.

Declension
Declension of Haumea (sg-only feminine in -ea)
singular
nominative Haumea
genitive Haumey, Haumeje
dative Haumeji, Haumee1
accusative Haumeu
vocative Haumeo
locative Haumeji, Haumee1
instrumental Haumeou, Haumejí

1Sometimes found in astronomical texts.

Hawaiian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /hau̯ˈmea/, [həwˈmɛə]

Proper noun

Haumea

  1. (Hawaiian mythology) Haumea
  2. (rare) a female given name from Hawaiian
  3. Haumea (dwarf planet)

References

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English Haumea.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /xa.uˈmɛ.a/
  • Rhymes: -ɛa
  • Syllabification: Ha‧u‧me‧a

Proper noun

Haumea f

  1. (Hawaiian mythology) Haumea (goddess of fertility and childbirth)
  2. Haumea (dwarf planet with two known moons orbiting in the Kuiper belt, roughly one-third the mass of Pluto)

Declension
Declension of Haumea
singular
nominative Haumea
genitive Haumei
dative Haumei
accusative Haumeę
instrumental Haumeą
locative Haumei
vocative Haumeo

Spanish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /auˈmea/ [au̯ˈme.a]
  • Rhymes: -ea
  • Syllabification: Hau‧me‧a

Proper noun

Haumea f

  1. (Hawaiian mythology) Haumea (goddess of fertility and childbirth)
  2. Haumea (dwarf planet)
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