'au

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Kanakanabu

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Alternative forms

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Noun

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'au

  1. soup

Rapa Nui

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Etymology

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From Proto-Polynesian *qahu. Cognates include Tongan ʻahu and Maori au.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈʔa.u/
  • Hyphenation: 'a‧u

Noun

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'au

  1. smoke

References

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  • Paulus Kieviet (2017) A grammar of Rapa Nui[1], Berlin: Language Science Press, →ISBN, page 29