kehua
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Maori.
Noun
kehua (plural kehuas or kehua)
- (New Zealand) A ghost; an evil spirit.
- 1906, Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, page 228:
- An old man explained to me, “The spirits of dead persons are afflicting such sufferers. These kehua control them. If the afflicted person survives he will be the medium of that [evil] spirit. Some people become demented when so affected.”
- 1924, Elsdon Best, Māori Religion and Mythology: being an account of the cosmogony, anthropogeny, religious beliefs and rites, magic and folk lore of the Māori folk of New Zealand, Part 2, 2005, Te Papa Press, page 42,
- The other aspect of the "etheric double" of the theosophist, that is the wraith or apparitional spirit seen after the death of the body, is the kehua of the Maori.
- 2001, Patricia Grace, Irihapeti Ramsden, Jonathan Dennis, The Silent Migration: Ngati Poneke Young Maori Club, 1937-1948, page 17:
- We'd say, 'Ready? Steady. Go!' And we'd run past his bedroom. Grandpa would be in his armchair looking out. We'd flash past crying out, ‘Kehua! Kehua!’
Anagrams
Finnish
Etymology
Unknown. Possibly related to kehottaa (“to recommend, urge”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkehuɑˣ/, [ˈk̟e̞ɦuɑ̝(ʔ)]
- Rhymes: -ehuɑ
- Syllabification(key): ke‧hu‧a
Verb
kehua
Conjugation
| Inflection of kehua (Kotus type 52/sanoa, no gradation) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| indicative mood | |||||||||||||||||||||
| present tense | perfect | ||||||||||||||||||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | ||||||||||||||||
| 1st sing. | kehun | en kehu | 1st sing. | olen kehunut | en ole kehunut | ||||||||||||||||
| 2nd sing. | kehut | et kehu | 2nd sing. | olet kehunut | et ole kehunut | ||||||||||||||||
| 3rd sing. | kehuu | ei kehu | 3rd sing. | on kehunut | ei ole kehunut | ||||||||||||||||
| 1st plur. | kehumme | emme kehu | 1st plur. | olemme kehuneet | emme ole kehuneet | ||||||||||||||||
| 2nd plur. | kehutte | ette kehu | 2nd plur. | olette kehuneet | ette ole kehuneet | ||||||||||||||||
| 3rd plur. | kehuvat | eivät kehu | 3rd plur. | ovat kehuneet | eivät ole kehuneet | ||||||||||||||||
| passive | kehutaan | ei kehuta | passive | on kehuttu | ei ole kehuttu | ||||||||||||||||
| past tense | pluperfect | ||||||||||||||||||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | ||||||||||||||||
| 1st sing. | kehuin | en kehunut | 1st sing. | olin kehunut | en ollut kehunut | ||||||||||||||||
| 2nd sing. | kehuit | et kehunut | 2nd sing. | olit kehunut | et ollut kehunut | ||||||||||||||||
| 3rd sing. | kehui | ei kehunut | 3rd sing. | oli kehunut | ei ollut kehunut | ||||||||||||||||
| 1st plur. | kehuimme | emme kehuneet | 1st plur. | olimme kehuneet | emme olleet kehuneet | ||||||||||||||||
| 2nd plur. | kehuitte | ette kehuneet | 2nd plur. | olitte kehuneet | ette olleet kehuneet | ||||||||||||||||
| 3rd plur. | kehuivat | eivät kehuneet | 3rd plur. | olivat kehuneet | eivät olleet kehuneet | ||||||||||||||||
| passive | kehuttiin | ei kehuttu | passive | oli kehuttu | ei ollut kehuttu | ||||||||||||||||
| conditional mood | |||||||||||||||||||||
| present | perfect | ||||||||||||||||||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | ||||||||||||||||
| 1st sing. | kehuisin | en kehuisi | 1st sing. | olisin kehunut | en olisi kehunut | ||||||||||||||||
| 2nd sing. | kehuisit | et kehuisi | 2nd sing. | olisit kehunut | et olisi kehunut | ||||||||||||||||
| 3rd sing. | kehuisi | ei kehuisi | 3rd sing. | olisi kehunut | ei olisi kehunut | ||||||||||||||||
| 1st plur. | kehuisimme | emme kehuisi | 1st plur. | olisimme kehuneet | emme olisi kehuneet | ||||||||||||||||
| 2nd plur. | kehuisitte | ette kehuisi | 2nd plur. | olisitte kehuneet | ette olisi kehuneet | ||||||||||||||||
| 3rd plur. | kehuisivat | eivät kehuisi | 3rd plur. | olisivat kehuneet | eivät olisi kehuneet | ||||||||||||||||
| passive | kehuttaisiin | ei kehuttaisi | passive | olisi kehuttu | ei olisi kehuttu | ||||||||||||||||
| imperative mood | |||||||||||||||||||||
| present | perfect | ||||||||||||||||||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | ||||||||||||||||
| 1st sing. | — | — | 1st sing. | — | — | ||||||||||||||||
| 2nd sing. | kehu | älä kehu | 2nd sing. | — | — | ||||||||||||||||
| 3rd sing. | kehukoon | älköön kehuko | 3rd sing. | olkoon kehunut | älköön olko kehunut | ||||||||||||||||
| 1st plur. | kehukaamme | älkäämme kehuko | 1st plur. | — | — | ||||||||||||||||
| 2nd plur. | kehukaa | älkää kehuko | 2nd plur. | — | — | ||||||||||||||||
| 3rd plur. | kehukoot | älkööt kehuko | 3rd plur. | olkoot kehuneet | älkööt olko kehuneet | ||||||||||||||||
| passive | kehuttakoon | älköön kehuttako | passive | olkoon kehuttu | älköön olko kehuttu | ||||||||||||||||
| potential mood | |||||||||||||||||||||
| present | perfect | ||||||||||||||||||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | ||||||||||||||||
| 1st sing. | kehunen | en kehune | 1st sing. | lienen kehunut | en liene kehunut | ||||||||||||||||
| 2nd sing. | kehunet | et kehune | 2nd sing. | lienet kehunut | et liene kehunut | ||||||||||||||||
| 3rd sing. | kehunee | ei kehune | 3rd sing. | lienee kehunut | ei liene kehunut | ||||||||||||||||
| 1st plur. | kehunemme | emme kehune | 1st plur. | lienemme kehuneet | emme liene kehuneet | ||||||||||||||||
| 2nd plur. | kehunette | ette kehune | 2nd plur. | lienette kehuneet | ette liene kehuneet | ||||||||||||||||
| 3rd plur. | kehunevat | eivät kehune | 3rd plur. | lienevät kehuneet | eivät liene kehuneet | ||||||||||||||||
| passive | kehuttaneen | ei kehuttane | passive | lienee kehuttu | ei liene kehuttu | ||||||||||||||||
| Nominal forms | |||||||||||||||||||||
| infinitives | participles | ||||||||||||||||||||
| active | passive | active | passive | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1st | kehua | present | kehuva | kehuttava | |||||||||||||||||
| long 1st1 |
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past | kehunut | kehuttu | |||||||||||||||||
| 2nd | inessive2 | kehuessa | kehuttaessa | agent3 | kehuma | ||||||||||||||||
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negative | kehumaton | |||||||||||||||||||
| instructive | kehuen | — | 1) Used only with a possessive suffix. 2) Usually with a possessive suffix (active only). | ||||||||||||||||||
| 3rd | inessive | kehumassa | — | ||||||||||||||||||
| elative | kehumasta | — | |||||||||||||||||||
| illative | kehumaan | — | |||||||||||||||||||
| adessive | kehumalla | — | |||||||||||||||||||
| abessive | kehumatta | — | |||||||||||||||||||
| instructive | kehuman | kehuttaman | |||||||||||||||||||
| 4th4 | verbal noun | kehuminen | |||||||||||||||||||
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Further reading
- “kehua”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
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