Makemake

See also: makemake and Make-make

English

WOTD – 23 July 2008
Makemake with its small natural satellite.
🝼
Makemake's planetary symbol ⟨🝼⟩

Alternative forms

Etymology

    Borrowed from Rapa Nui Makemake.

    Pronunciation

    • (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˈmɑ.keˈmɑke/
    • Audio (US):(file)

    Proper noun

    Makemake

    1. (mythology) The creator deity in the mythology of Easter Island.
    2. (astronomy) A dwarf planet orbiting in the Kuiper belt, discovered in 2005.

    Synonyms

    • (celestial body): 2005 FY9
    • (celestial body): 🝼

    Translations

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    Further reading

    Czech

    Etymology

      Borrowed from Rapa Nui Makemake.

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): [ˈmakɛmakɛ]
      • Rhymes: -akɛ
      • Hyphenation: Ma‧ke‧ma‧ke

      Proper noun

      Makemake m anim

      1. (mythology) Makemake, the creator deity in the mythology of Easter Island
        • 1972, Stanislav Novotný, “Věčné záhady Velikonočního ostrova”, in Nový orient, volumes 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 […]

      Declension

      Proper noun

      Makemake m inan (indeclinable)

      1. (astronomy) 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[1], archived from the original on 12 October 2017:
          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.

      Polish

      Etymology

        Borrowed from English Makemake, borrowed from Rapa Nui Makemake.

        Pronunciation

        • IPA(key): /ma.kɛˈma.kɛ/
        • Rhymes: -akɛ
        • Syllabification: Ma‧ke‧ma‧ke

        Proper noun

        Makemake m animal (indeclinable)

        1. Makemake (dwarf planet, a cubewano)

        Rapa Nui

        Proper noun

        Makemake

        1. creator god (also god of fertility) in Rapa Nui mythology

        Descendants

        • → Czech: Makemake
        • → English: Makemake
        • → Polish: Makemake