Makemake

• Make-make (deity)

From Rapa Nui Makemake

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑ.keˈmɑ.ke/

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Makemake

1. (mythology) The creator deity in the mythology of Easter Island.
2. A dwarf planet and large Kuiper Belt Object, discovered in 2005.

• (dwarf planet): 2005 FY₉

• (dwarf planets of the Solar System) dwarf planets of the Solar System; Ceres, Orcus, Pluto, Salacia, Varuna, Haumea, Quaoar, Makemake, 2007 OR10, Eris, Sedna
• Makemake (mythology) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Makemake (dwarf planet) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

From Rapa Nui Makemake.

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

Makemake m

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

2. (astronomy, inanimate) 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:

     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.

masculine animate

The masculine inanimate declension has not been settled in the Czech language yet.

Makemake

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