different between pahu vs pacu

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

From Portuguese pacu, from Old Tupi paku.

Noun

pacu (plural pacus)

1. Any of several South American freshwater fishes related to the piranha.

Derived terms

• black pacu (Colossoma macropomum, Myleus schomburgkii, or Piaractus brachypomus)
• red-bellied pacu (Piaractus brachypomus or Colossoma macropomum)

Translations

Anagrams

• A cup, A-cup, Cupa, Puac, caup

Malay

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa.t??u/
• Rhymes: -acu, -cu, -u

Verb

pacu (Jawi spelling ?????)

1. to drive
2. to spur
3. to urge

Derived terms

Descendants

• Indonesian: pacu

References

• "pacu" in Kamus Dewan, Fourth Edition, Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, ?ISBN, 2005.
• “pacu” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Pali

Alternative forms

Verb

pacu

1. third-person plural imperfect active of pacati (“to cook”)

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pa.t?su/

Noun

pacu m

1. locative/vocative singular of pac

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• pacú (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Tupi paku.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pa.?ku/

Noun

pacu m (plural pacus)

1. pacu (any of several species of South American fishes)

Derived terms

• pacuzinho (diminutive)
• pacuzão (augmentative)