pea

See also: Pea, PEA, peà, peã, peʻa, and pe'a

English

Peas (2), in a pod.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /piː/
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Rhymes: -iː
  • Homophones: P, pee

Etymology 1

Back-formation from pease, originally an uncountable noun meaning "peas" that was construed as a plural.

Noun

pea (plural peas)

  1. A plant, member of the legume (Fabaceae) family
  2. The edible seed of some of these plants
  3. (baseball) A ball travelling at high velocity
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Abenaki: piz (“a pea”) (borrowed from peas)
  • Mohegan-Pequot: pish (“a pea”) (borrowed from peas)
  • Yurok: pi·š, peeesh (“a pea”) (borrowed from peas)
Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English pe, po, powe, pa, pawe, 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”), of uncertain origin; perhaps related to Tamil தோகை (tōkai, “peacock feather”), or imitative (compare Latin paupulō (“to call as a peacock”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Pau, West Frisian pau, Dutch pauw, German Pfau.

Noun

pea (plural peas)

  1. (rare, archaic) a peafowl
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Noun

pea (plural peas)

  1. (nautical) Alternative form of peak

Anagrams

Estonian

Etymology

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

Noun

pea (genitive pea, partitive pead)

  1. head

Declension

Adverb

pea

  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.

Japanese

Romanization

pea

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ペア

Maori

Noun

pea

  1. bear

Spanish

Verb

pea

  1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of peer.
  2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of peer.
  3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of peer.
  4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of peer.

Swahili

Verb

-pea (infinitive kupea)

  1. Applicative form of -pa

Conjugation

Conjugation of -pea
Non-finite forms
Form Positive Negative
Infinitive kupea kutopea
Simple finite forms
Positive form Singular Plural
Imperative pea peeni
Habitual hupea
Complex finite forms
Polarity Persons Persons / Classes Classes
1st 2nd 3rd / M-wa M-mi Ma Ki-vi N U Ku Pa Mu
Sg. Pl. Sg. Pl. Sg. / 1 Pl. / 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 / 14 15 / 17 16 18
Past
Positive nilipea
nalipea		 tulipea
twalipea		 ulipea
walipea		 mlipea
mwalipea		 alipea walipea ulipea ilipea lilipea yalipea kilipea vilipea ilipea zilipea ulipea kulipea palipea mulipea
Relative niliopea
naliopea		 tuliopea
twaliopea		 uliopea
waliopea		 mliopea
mwaliopea		 aliopea waliopea uliopea iliopea liliopea yaliopea kiliopea viliopea iliopea ziliopea uliopea kuliopea paliopea muliopea
Negative sikupea hatukupea hukupea hamkupea hakupea hawakupea haukupea haikupea halikupea hayakupea hakikupea havikupea haikupea hazikupea haukupea hakukupea hapakupea hamukupea
Present
Positive ninapea
napea		 tunapea unapea mnapea anapea wanapea unapea inapea linapea yanapea kinapea vinapea inapea zinapea unapea kunapea panapea munapea
Relative ninaopea
naopea		 tunaopea unaopea mnaopea anaopea wanaopea unaopea inaopea linaopea yanaopea kinaopea vinaopea inaopea zinaopea unaopea kunaopea panaopea munaopea
Negative sipei hatupei hupei hampei hapei hawapei haupei haipei halipei hayapei hakipei havipei haipei hazipei haupei hakupei hapapei hamupei
Future
Positive nitapea tutapea utapea mtapea atapea watapea utapea itapea litapea yatapea kitapea vitapea itapea zitapea utapea kutapea patapea mutapea
Relative nitakaopea tutakaopea utakaopea mtakaopea atakaopea watakaopea utakaopea itakaopea litakaopea yatakaopea kitakaopea vitakaopea itakaopea zitakaopea utakaopea kutakaopea patakaopea mutakaopea
Negative sitapea hatutapea hutapea hamtapea hatapea hawatapea hautapea haitapea halitapea hayatapea hakitapea havitapea haitapea hazitapea hautapea hakutapea hapatapea hamutapea
Subjunctive
Positive nipee tupee upee mpee apee wapee upee ipee lipee yapee kipee vipee ipee zipee upee kupee papee mupee
Negative nisipee tusipee usipee msipee asipee wasipee usipee isipee lisipee yasipee kisipee visipee isipee zisipee usipee kusipee pasipee musipee
Present Conditional
Positive ningepea tungepea ungepea mngepea angepea wangepea ungepea ingepea lingepea yangepea kingepea vingepea ingepea zingepea ungepea kungepea pangepea mungepea
Negative nisingepea
singepea		 tusingepea
hatungepea		 usingepea
hungepea		 msingepea
hamngepea		 asingepea
hangepea		 wasingepea
hawangepea		 usingepea
haungepea		 isingepea
haingepea		 lisingepea
halingepea		 yasingepea
hayangepea		 kisingepea
hakingepea		 visingepea
havingepea		 isingepea
haingepea		 zisingepea
hazingepea		 usingepea
haungepea		 kusingepea
hakungepea		 pasingepea
hapangepea		 musingepea
hamungepea
Past Conditional
Positive ningalipea tungalipea ungalipea mngalipea angalipea wangalipea ungalipea ingalipea lingalipea yangalipea kingalipea vingalipea ingalipea zingalipea ungalipea kungalipea pangalipea mungalipea
Negative nisingalipea
singalipea		 tusingalipea
hatungalipea		 usingalipea
hungalipea		 msingalipea
hamngalipea		 asingalipea
hangalipea		 wasingalipea
hawangalipea		 usingalipea
haungalipea		 isingalipea
haingalipea		 lisingalipea
halingalipea		 yasingalipea
hayangalipea		 kisingalipea
hakingalipea		 visingalipea
havingalipea		 isingalipea
haingalipea		 zisingalipea
hazingalipea		 usingalipea
haungalipea		 kusingalipea
hakungalipea		 pasingalipea
hapangalipea		 musingalipea
hamungalipea
Conditional Contrary to Fact
Positive ningelipea tungelipea ungelipea mngelipea angelipea wangelipea ungelipea ingelipea lingelipea yangelipea kingelipea vingelipea ingelipea zingelipea ungelipea kungelipea pangelipea mungelipea
General Relative
Positive nipeao tupeao upeao mpeao apeao wapeao upeao ipeao lipeao yapeao kipeao vipeao ipeao zipeao upeao kupeao papeao mupeao
Negative nisiopea tusiopea usiopea msiopea asiopea wasiopea usiopea isiopea lisiopea yasiopea kisiopea visiopea isiopea zisiopea usiopea kusiopea pasiopea musiopea
Gnomic
Positive napea twapea wapea mwapea apea wapea wapea yapea lapea yapea chapea vyapea yapea zapea wapea kwapea papea mwapea
Perfect
Positive nimepea tumepea umepea mmepea amepea wamepea umepea imepea limepea yamepea kimepea vimepea imepea zimepea umepea kumepea pamepea mumepea
"Already"
Positive nimeshapea tumeshapea umeshapea mmeshapea ameshapea wameshapea umeshapea imeshapea limeshapea yameshapea kimeshapea vimeshapea imeshapea zimeshapea umeshapea kumeshapea pameshapea mumeshapea
"Not yet"
Negative sijapea hatujapea hujapea hamjapea hajapea hawajapea haujapea haijapea halijapea hayajapea hakijapea havijapea haijapea hazijapea haujapea hakujapea hapajapea hamujapea
"If/When"
Positive nikipea tukipea ukipea mkipea akipea wakipea ukipea ikipea likipea yakipea kikipea vikipea ikipea zikipea ukipea kukipea pakipea mukipea
"If not"
Negative nisipopea tusipopea usipopea msipopea asipopea wasipopea usipopea isipopea lisipopea yasipopea kisipopea visipopea isipopea zisipopea usipopea kusipopea pasipopea musipopea
Consecutive
Positive nikapea tukapea ukapea mkapea akapea wakapea ukapea ikapea likapea yakapea kikapea vikapea ikapea zikapea ukapea kukapea pakapea mukapea
Not all possible forms are listed in the table. Transitive verbs can take object concords, relative concords can agree with all noun classes, and many other forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Walloon

Noun

pea ? (plural peas)

  1. (anatomy) skin
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