kahua

Hawaiian

Etymology

From Proto-Eastern Polynesian *tafuqa (“platform; foundation, base”) (compare with Tahitian tahua and Maori tahua).[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaˈhu.a/, [kəˈhu.wə]

Noun

kahua

  1. foundation; base; platform (of a house)
  2. site; location; ground
    Synonym: mālaʻe
  3. arena; stand; stage
  4. background
  5. bed (as of a stream)
  6. (sports) court, field, pitch
  7. (film, television) set
  8. (Internet) website

Derived terms

  • hoʻokahua (“establish”, verb)
  • pono kahua (“prop”)

Verb

kahua(stative)

  1. basic, foundational
  2. based
    aʻo kahua lawena ― performance based learning

References

  1. ^ Pukui, Mary Kawena, Elbert, Samuel H. (1986) “kahua”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, revised & enlarged edition, Honolulu, HI: University of Hawai'i Press, →ISBN, page 113
  2. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “tafuqa”, in “POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 50, number 2, pages 551-559
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