pea

See also: Appendix:Variations of "pea"

Translingual

Etymology

Abbreviation of English Peranakan Indonesian or Malay peranakan.

Symbol

pea

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

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Peranakan Indonesian terms

English

A pea plant, Pisum sativum (1).

Pea seeds in a pod (2).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /piː/

• Audio (US):

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• Homophones: P, pee
• Rhymes: -iː

Etymology 1

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).

Alternative forms

• pease (archaic)

Noun

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

      • 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XXVI, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 277:

        Below, long rows of peas put forth their white-winged flowers, tempting the small butterflies to flutter round their inanimate likenesses;...

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

See usage notes at bean regarding the differences in terminology.

Derived terms

Terms derived from pea (noun)

• asparagus pea
• beach pea
• black-eyed pea
• bonavist pea
• breadroot scurf pea
• butterfly pea
• Campo pea
• Carlin pea
• chickling pea
• chick-pea, chick pea, chickpea
• Congo pea
• crowder pea
• crown pea
• Darling pea
• desert pea
• earth pea
• earthpea
• Egyptian pea
• English pea
• field pea
• garden pea
• glory pea
• golden pea
• goober pea
• grass-pea
• grass pea
• green pea
• green pea galaxy
• ground pea
• gungo pea
• hairy Darling pea
• heartpea
• heath pea
• hoarypea
• Indian pea
• issue pea
• like two peas in a pod
• marrow pea
• milk pea
• orris pea
• partridge pea
• pea and thimble
• pea aphid
• pea bean
• peaberry
• Peabody
• peabrain
• peabrained
• pea-brained
• pea brain, pea-brain
• pea bug
• pea butter
• pea-cake, pea cake
• pea clam
• pea coat
• pea-coated
• pea comb, pea-combed
• pea crab
• pea eggplant
• pea flour
• pea galaxy
• peagoose
• pea gravel
• pea green
• peagrit
• peagrowing
• pea jacket
• pea-jacketed
• pea-knuckle
• pea-knuckle war
• pealess
• pealike
• pea louse
• pea-maggot
• peameal
• peamole
• pea moth
• peaness
• peanut
• pea ore
• pea patch
• pea pod, peapod
• pea roller
• pea shingle
• pea-shooter
• peashooter
• pea-sized
• peason
• pea soup
• pea-souper
• pea-soup fog
• pea soup fog
• peastone
• peasy
• pea-time
• pea-time is past
• pea wet
• pea whistle
• pigeon pea
• red pea
• rice and peas
• rosary pea
• scurfy pea
• sea pea
• sensitive pea
• Siberian pea tree
• Siberian pea-tree
• snap pea
• snow pea
• split pea
• string pea
• Sturt's desert pea
• sugar pea
• sugar snap pea
• Swainson pea
• sweet pea
• Tangier pea
• tear up the pea patch
• the last of pea-time
• thimble and pea
• water blossom pea
• wedge pea
• white pea bean
• winged pea
• yellow pea

Descendants

• → Abenaki: piz (“a pea”)
• → Mohegan-Pequot: pish (“a pea”)
• → Yurok: pi·š, peeesh (“a pea”)

Translations

plant

• Afrikaans: ertjie (af)
• Albanian: modhull (sq) m
• Arabic: بَازِلَّاء f (bāzillāʔ)

  Egyptian Arabic: بسلة f (besella)

  Hijazi Arabic: بزلة f (bazilla)

  Moroccan Arabic: جلبانة f (jalbāna)

• Armenian: ոլոռ (hy) (oloṙ)

  Old Armenian: ոլոռն (oloṙn)

• Aromanian: bizelji f pl, bizeljie f pl, madzãri f
• Assamese: মটৰ গছ (motor gos)
• Asturian: arbeyera (ast) f, arbeyu (ast) m
• Azerbaijani: noxud (az)
• Basque: ilar
• Belarusian: гаро́х (be) m (haróx), гаро́шак (be) m (haróšak)
• Bengali: মটর (bn) (moṭor)
• Bulgarian: грах (bg) m (grah)
• Burmese: စားတော်ပဲ (my) (ca:taupai:)
• Catalan: pesolera f
• Chechen: кхоь (qö)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 豌豆 (zh) (wāndòu)

• Czech: hrách (cs) m, hrášek m
• Danish: ært (da) c
• Dutch: erwt (nl) f
• Erzya: кснав (ksnav)
• Estonian: hernes
• Finnish: herne (fi)
• French: pois (fr)
• Galician: chícharo (gl) m, ervella (gl) f, ervello (gl) m, perico (gl) m
• Ge'ez: ዐተር (ʿätär)
• Georgian: ცერცვი (cercvi), ბარდა (barda)
• German: Erbse (de) f
• Greek: αρακάς (el) m (arakás)

  Ancient Greek: (Koine) πίσον n (píson)

• Hausa: fis
• Hebrew: אֲפוּנָה (he) f (afuna)
• Hindi: मटर (hi) (maṭar)
• Hungarian: borsó (hu)
• Icelandic: baun (is) f
• Indonesian: ercis (id)
• Ingrian: herne
• Irish: peasair m
• Italian: pisello (it) m
• Japanese: 豌豆 (ja) (えんどう, endō), エンドウ (ja) (endō)
• Kazakh: асбұршақ (asburšaq), бұршақ (kk) (buršaq), нақат (naqat)
• Khmer: ន្ដេក (ndeek)
• Korean: 완두 (ko) (wandu)
• Kumyk: нохут (noxut)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: maşo

• Kyrgyz: буурчак (ky) (buurcak)
• Lao: ຖົ່ວແຮ (thūa hǣ)
• Latin: pisum (la) n
• Latvian: zirnis (lv) m
• Lithuanian: žirnis m
• Livonian: jērnaz
• Low German: Arvt (nds) f
• Macedonian: грашок m (grašok)
• Malagasy: pitipoa (mg)
• Malay: pis
• Maltese: piżella f
• Manchu: [script needed] (bohori)
• Marathi: मटार (maṭār), वाटाणा m (vāṭāṇā)
• Middle English: pese
• Mongolian: вандуй (mn) (vandui)
• Nepali: टाउको (ṭāuko)
• Norwegian: ert (no)
• Occitan: pese (oc) m
• Old East Slavic: горохъ m (goroxŭ)
• Pannonian Rusyn: гращок m (hraščok)
• Persian: نخود (fa) (noxowd), نخود سبز (noxowd-e sabz), نخود فرنگی (fa) (noxowd-e farangi)
• Polish: groch (pl) m
• Portuguese: ervilha (pt)
• Romanian: mazăre (ro) f
• Russian: горо́х (ru) m (goróx), горо́шек (ru) m (goróšek)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: грашак m

  Latin: grašak (sh) m

• Sinhalese: කඩල (kaḍala)
• Slovak: hrach (sk) m, hrášok m
• Slovene: grah (sl) m
• Spanish: guisante (es) m, ervilla f, arveja (es) f, chícharo (es) m
• Swahili: dengu (sw)
• Swedish: ärt (sv) c
• Tagalog: gisantes
• Tajik: нахӯд (tg) (naxüd)
• Thai: ลันเตา (th) (lan-dtao)
• Turkish: bezelye (tr)
• Turkmen: nohut
• Ukrainian: горо́х m (horóx), горо́шок m (horóšok)
• Urdu: مٹر (maṭar)
• Uzbek: noʻxat (uz)
• Vietnamese: đậu (vi), cây đậu
• Walloon: poes (wa) m, pitit poes m
• Yiddish: אַרבעס m (arbes)
• Yoruba: orí

edible seed

• Abenaki: piz
• Afrikaans: ert (af), ertjie (af)
• Albanian: modhull (sq) m
• Arabic: بَازِلَّاء f (bāzillāʔ)

  Egyptian Arabic: بسلة f (besela)

  Moroccan Arabic: جلبانة f (jalbāna)

• Armenian: ոլոռ (hy) (oloṙ)

  Old Armenian: ոլոռն (oloṙn)

• Aromanian: madzãri f, bizelji f pl, arucutetsu, afcu
• Assamese: মটৰ (motor), মটৰমাহ (motormah)
• Asturian: arbeyu (ast) m
• Basque: ilar
• Burmese: ပဲ (my) (pai:)
• Catalan: pèsol (ca) m
• Chechen: кхоь (qö)
• Chichewa: nsawawa
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 青豆 (ceng¹ dau^6-2)

  Mandarin: 豌豆 (zh) (wāndòu)

• Czech: hrách (cs) m
• Danish: ært (da) c
• Dutch: erwt (nl) f
• Erzya: кснав (ksnav)
• Esperanto: pizo
• Estonian: hernes
• Faroese: ertur f
• Finnish: herne (fi)
• French: pois (fr) m, petit pois (fr) m
• Galician: ervella (gl) f, chícharo (gl) m
• Georgian: მუხუდო (muxudo), ბარდა (barda)
• German: Erbse (de) f

  East Central German: Arbs f

• Greek: αρακάς (el) m (arakás), μπιζέλι (el) n (bizéli)

  Ancient Greek: πίσος m (písos), πισός m (pisós)

  Koine Greek: πίσον n (píson)

• Greenlandic: eertaq
• Haitian Creole: pwa (frans)
• Hebrew: אֲפוּנָה (he) f (afuna)
• Hindi: मटर (hi) (maṭar)
• Hungarian: borsó (hu)
• Icelandic: erta (is) f
• Ido: pizo (io)
• Ingrian: herne
• Italian: pisello (it) m
• Japanese: 豌豆 (ja) (えんどう, endō), エンドウ (ja) (endō), エンドウ豆 (endō-mame)
• Khmer: សណ្ដែក (km) (sɑndaek)
• Korean: 완두 (ko) (wandu)
• Lao: ຖົ່ວ (thūa)
• Latin: pīsum (la) n
• Latvian: zirnis (lv)
• Lithuanian: žirnis
• Livonian: jērnaz
• Low German: Arvt (nds) f
• Maltese: piżella f
• Marathi: वाटाणा m (vāṭāṇā)
• Middle English: pese
• Mohegan-Pequot: pish
• Norwegian: ert (no)
• Occitan: pese (oc) m
• Okinawan: まみ (mami)
• Pannonian Rusyn: гращок m (hraščok)
• Persian: نخود (fa) (noxod), نخود سبز (noxod-sabz)
• Polish: groch (pl) m
• Portuguese: ervilha (pt) f
• Punjabi: ਮਟਰ (pa) (maṭar)
• Romanian: mazăre (ro)
• Romansh: arvegl m
• Russian: горо́х (ru) m (goróx), горо́шина (ru) f (goróšina) (individual)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: грашак m

  Latin: grašak (sh) m

• Slovak: hrach (sk) m
• Slovene: grah (sl) m
• Spanish: (Colombia, Ecuador, Peru) alverja (es) f, (Latin America, Spain's Canary Islands) arveja (es) f, (New Mexico) alverjón m, (Cuba, Mexico, Spain's Costa del Sol and Northwest) chícharo (es) m, (Spain standard usage, formal in other countries) guisante (es) m, pésol (es) m (also présol, Southeastern Spain), (tender pea) petit pois m (petipuá, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama, Venezuela), bisalto (es) m
• Swedish: ärta (sv)
• Tamil: பட்டாணி (ta) (paṭṭāṇi)
• Thai: ถั่ว (th) (tùua), ลันเตา (th) (lan-dtao)
• Turkish: bezelye (tr)
• Urdu: مٹر (maṭar)
• Walloon: poes (wa) m, pitit poes m
• Welsh: pysen (cy) f
• Yurok: pi·š, peeesh

Etymology 2

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

Noun

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.

Translations

in baseball

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: bola rápida

Etymology 3

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

pea (plural peas)

1. (rare, archaic) a peafowl

Derived terms

• peachick
• peachicken
• peacock
• peafowl
• peahen
• peapheasant, pea-pheasant

Etymology 4

Noun

pea (plural peas)

1. (nautical) Alternative form of peak.

Further reading

• pea on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• APE, Pae, ape, EAP, PAE, EPA

Akan

Noun

pea (Twi)

1. harpoon
2. spear

Derived terms

• to pea (“to harpoon”)

References

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

Basque

Noun

pea

1. absolutive singular of pe

Chinese

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pe⁵

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: pe⁵
    • Yale: péh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pe⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: pé⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɛː¹³/

Noun

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

Derived terms

• 拚pea
• 放pea

Adjective

pea (Cantonese)

1. slack; without effort

Related terms

• hea

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

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

Derived terms

• linnapea
• pealinn
• peamine

Adverb

pea (not comparable)

1. almost, nearly

   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

• “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

Etymology

From English bear.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpe.a/, [ˈpɛ.jə]

Noun

pea

1. bear

Derived terms

• pea ʻālika (“polar bear”)
• pea pāʻani (“teddy bear”)
• pea Kina (“panda bear”)

Japanese

Romanization

pea

1. Rōmaji transcription of ペア

Māori

Etymology

From English bear.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpea/ [ˈpɛɐ]

Noun

pea

1. bear

Niuean

Etymology

From English bear.

Noun

pea

1. bear

References

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

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pæ͜ɑː/
• Rhymes: -æ͜ɑː

Noun

pēa m

1. alternative form of pāwa

Rarotongan

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English bear.

Noun

pea

1. bear

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English pear.

Noun

pea

1. pear

Etymology 3

Borrowed from English pair.

Noun

pea

1. pair

Spanish

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Deverbal from peer.

Noun

pea f (plural peas)

1. (colloquial) drunkenness

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:borrachera

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

pea

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

Further reading

• “pea”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

  (file)

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *péda.

Verb

-pea (infinitive kupea)

1. to mature, to ripen
2. to reach the limit

Conjugation

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.

Derived terms

• Nominal derivations:
  • kipeo
  • upeo

• Other derivations:
  • pevu (“mature, ripe”)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

-pea (infinitive kupea)

1. Applicative form of -pa: to give to

Conjugation

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.

Etymology 3

Borrowed from English pair.

Noun

pea class IX (plural pea class X)

1. pair

   Synonym: jozi

Etymology 4

Etymology tree

Vulgar Latin pirabor.

Proto-West Germanic *peru

Old English pere

Middle English pere

English pearbor.

Swahili pea

Borrowed from English pear.

Noun

pea class V (plural mapea class VI)

1. pear

   Synonym: peasi

Derived terms

• mpea

Etymology 5

Inherited from Proto-Sabaki *-pyagila, from Common Bantu *-pɪ́agɪda. Doublet of -fagia.

Verb

-pea (infinitive kupea)

1. to sweep

   Synonym: -fagia

Conjugation

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.

Derived terms

• kipeo
• upeo

Tahitian

Etymology

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

Noun

pea

1. bear

Tokelauan

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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

Particle

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

Borrowed from English pair.

Noun

pea

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

Verb

pea

1. (stative) to be alike

Etymology 3

Te pea (3.1).

Te pea (3.2).

Borrowed from English pear.

Noun

pea

1. pear
2. pear tree

Etymology 4

Te pea (4.1).

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

Noun

pea

1. bear

References

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

Wallisian

Pea

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

pea

1. bear

Walloon

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pja/, /pɛː/

Noun

pea f (plural peas)

1. (anatomy) skin
2. hide, fur

West Makian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpe.a/

Noun

pea

1. alternative form of pia (“rice”)

References

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