ahu
English
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Persian آهو (âhu).
Noun
ahu (plural ahus)
- The goitered gazelle, Gazella subgutturosa[1].
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Rapa Nui ahu.
Noun
ahu (plural ahus)
- On Rapa Nui, a stone platform on which moai (statues) were erected.
Translations
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References
- ahu in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
Anagrams
- Hau, Hua
Hadza
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʔaɦu/
Noun
ahu m (masc. plural ahubii, fem. ahuko, fem. plural ahubee)
- skin (fem. = thick or piece of skin)
Usage notes
The form after a determiner ahu,
Kambera
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *asu, from Proto-Austronesian *(w)asu.
Noun
ahu
- dog (animal)
Kisar
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *asu, from Proto-Austronesian *(w)asu.
Noun
ahu
- dog (animal)
Komodo
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *aku, from Proto-Austronesian *aku.
Pronoun
ahu
- I (personal pronoun)
- me (direct object of a verb)
- me (object of a preposition)
- me (indirect object of a verb)
- my (belonging to me)
Maori
Verb
ahu
- to care for
Mayoyao Ifugao
Etymology
From Proto-Philippine *asu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *asu, from Proto-Austronesian *(w)asu.
Noun
áso
- dog (animal)
Pali
Alternative forms
- 𑀅𑀳𑀼 (Brahmi script)
- अहु (Devanagari script)
- অহু (Bengali script)
- අහු (Sinhalese script)
- အဟု or ဢႁု (Burmese script)
- อหุ or อะหุ (Thai script)
- ᩋᩉᩩ (Tai Tham script)
- ອຫຸ or ອະຫຸ (Lao script)
- អហុ (Khmer script)
- 𑄃𑄦𑄪 (Chakma script)
Verb
ahu
- second/third-person singular aorist active of hoti (“to be”)
Pohnpeian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɐːu/
Noun
ahu
- mouth
Portuguese
Noun
ahu m (plural ahus)
- (rare) ahu (stone platform for moai)
Rapa Nui
Etymology
From Proto-Polynesian *qafu (“heap”). Cognates include Hawaiian ahu (“altar”) and Maori ahu (“to heap up”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈa.hu/
- Hyphenation: a‧hu
Noun
ahu
- stone platform under a statue, especially a mo'ai
Descendants
- → English: ahu
- → Portuguese: ahu
- → Spanish: ahu
References
- Veronica Du Feu (1996) Rapanui (Descriptive Grammars), Routledge, →ISBN, page 167
Spanish
Noun
ahu m (plural ahus)
- ahu, stone platform for mo'ai
Ternate
Etymology
From Proto-North Halmahera *oho (“live”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈa.hu]
Verb
ahu
- (intransitive) to live, grow
Conjugation
| Conjugation of ahu | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Inclusive | Exclusive | |||
| 1st | toahu | foahu | miahu | |
| 2nd | noahu | niahu | ||
| 3rd | Masculine | oahu | iahu, yoahu† | |
| Feminine | moahu | |||
| Neuter | iahu | |||
| † - archaic | ||||
References
- Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh
- Gary Holton, Marian Klamer (2018) The Papuan languages of East Nusantara and the Bird's Head
Toba Batak
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *aku, from Proto-Austronesian *aku.
Pronoun
ahu
- I (personal pronoun)
- me (direct object of a verb)
- me (object of a preposition)
- me (indirect object of a verb)
- my (belonging to me)