kahua
Hawaiian
Etymology
From Proto-Eastern Polynesian *tafuqa (“platform; foundation, base”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kaˈhu.a/, [kəˈhuwə]
Noun
kahua
- foundation; base; platform (of a house)
- site; location; ground
- arena; stand; stage
- background
- bed (as of a stream)
Further reading
- “kahua” in the Hawaiian Dictionary, Revised and Enlarged Edition, University of Hawaii Press, 1986