pahu

English

Etymology

From Hawaiian pahu (“drum, box”).

Noun

pahu (plural pahus)

  1. A traditional drum of Polynesia, made from a single log and covered with sharkskin.

Anagrams

Hawaiian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpa.hu/, [ˈpɐ.hu]

Etymology 1

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

Noun

pahu

  1. drum
  2. box, chest, ark, case, coffin
  3. barrel, keg
  4. boxfish (fish of the genus Ostracion)
Derived terms
  • pahu hau (“refrigerator”)
  • pahu manu (“cage”)
Descendants
  • → English: pahu

Etymology 2

From Proto-Polynesian *pasu₂ (“thrust into, impel towards”).

Verb

pahu(transitive)

  1. to push, to shove
  2. to thrust, to hurl
  3. to pierce
  4. (figurative) to bruise (feelings)
Derived terms
  • hoʻopahu (causative)
  • pahuna (“thrust”)
  • pahupahu (reduplicated form)

References

  1. ^ Pukui, Mary Kawena, Elbert, Samuel H. (1986) “pahu”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, revised & enlarged edition, Honolulu, HI: University of Hawai'i Press, →ISBN, pages 300-1
  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

Jumaytepeque

Noun

pahu

  1. wax

References

  • Chris Rogers, The Use and Development of the Xinkan Languages

Maori

Noun

pahu

  1. alternative form of pahū
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