different between pahu vs ahu

English

Etymology

Hawaiian pahu (“drum, box”)

Noun

pahu (plural pahus)

1. A traditional drum of Polynesia, made from a single log and covered with sharkskin.

Anagrams

• Hupa, hapu

Hawaiian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *pasu (“drum”). Cognate with Maori pahu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pa.hu/, [?p?hu]

Noun

pahu

1. drum
2. box, chest, ark, case, coffin
3. barrel, keg

Derived terms

• pahu manu (“cage”)

Jumaytepeque

Noun

pahu

1. wax

References

• Chris Rogers, The Use and Development of the Xinkan Languages

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Persian ???? (âhu).

Noun

ahu (plural ahus)

1. The goitered gazelle, Gazella subgutturosa.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Rapa Nui ahu.

Noun

ahu (plural ahus)

1. On Rapa Nui, a stone platform on which moai (statues) were erected.

Translations

Anagrams

• Hau, Hua

Hadza

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a?u/

Noun

ahu m (masc. plural ahubii, fem. ahuko, fem. plural ahubee) (Note: the form after a determiner is ahu)

1. skin (fem. = thick or piece of skin)

Kambera

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *asu, from Proto-Austronesian *(w)asu.

Noun

ahu

1. dog (animal)

Kisar

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *asu, from Proto-Austronesian *(w)asu.

Noun

ahu

1. dog (animal)

Komodo

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *aku, from Proto-Austronesian *aku.

Pronoun

ahu

1. I (personal pronoun)
2. me (direct object of a verb)
3. me (object of a preposition)
4. me (indirect object of a verb)
5. my (belonging to me)

Mayoyao Ifugao

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *asu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *asu, from Proto-Austronesian *(w)asu.

Noun

áso

1. dog (animal)

Pali

Alternative forms

Verb

ahu

1. second/third-person singular aorist active of hoti (“to be”)

Pohnpeian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??u/

Noun

ahu

1. mouth

Portuguese

Noun

ahu m (plural ahus)

1. (rare) ahu (stone platform for moai)

Rapa Nui

Noun

ahu

1. stone platform for mo'ai

Spanish

Noun

ahu m (plural ahus)

1. ahu, stone platform for mo'ai

Toba Batak

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *aku, from Proto-Austronesian *aku.

Pronoun

ahu

1. I (personal pronoun)
2. me (direct object of a verb)
3. me (object of a preposition)
4. me (indirect object of a verb)
5. my (belonging to me)