pahū

Maori

Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *pasu₁ (“drum”). Cognate with Tahitian pahu and Hawaiian pahu.[1][2][3]

Noun

pahū

  1. drum (slotted or skinned)

References

  1. ^ Tregear, Edward (1891) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary‎[1], Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, pages 301-2
  2. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “pasu.1b”, in “POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 50, number 2, pages 551-559
  3. ^ Ross, Malcolm D., Pawley, Andrew, Osmond, Meredith (1998) The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volume 1: Material Culture, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, page 110

Etymology 2

From Proto-Polynesian *pasuu. Cognate with Hawaiian pahū.[1][2]

Verb

pahū

  1. to burst, to explode

Noun

pahū

  1. boom, bang
  2. explosion
  3. bomb

References

  1. ^ Tregear, Edward (1891) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary‎[2], Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, pages 301-2
  2. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “pasu.1b”, in “POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 50, number 2, pages 551-559

Further reading

  • “pahū” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.
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