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ahu

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See also: ahụ, ʻahu, Ahu, ähu, and a hu

English

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Persian آهو (âhu).

Noun

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ahu (plural ahus)

  1. The goitered gazelle, Gazella subgutturosa.[1]

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Rapa Nui ahu.

Noun

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ahu (plural ahus or ahu)

  1. On Rapa Nui, a stone platform on which moai (statues) were erected.
Translations
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References

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  1. ^ “ahu”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

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Albanian

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Etymology 1

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

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ahu f (definite ahuja) (dialectal, Shkodër)

  1. fine (payment)
    Synonym: gjobë

References

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  • “ahú-ja”, in Edukata e Ré. Revistë pedagogjike (in Albanian), number 2, Tirana: Gutenberg, 1930, page 70a
  • Mann, S. E. (1948), “ahú”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 3a

Etymology 2

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Adverb

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ahu (dialectal)

  1. alternative form of ashtu

References

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  • Mann, S. E. (1948), “ahú”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 3a

Etymology 3

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

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ahu

  1. inflection of ah:
    1. definite nominative
    2. indefinite dative/ablative

Estonian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Finnic *aho (“a glade”), possibly borrowed from Proto-Germanic *askǭ (“ash, ashes”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *h₂e(H)s- (“to dry, burn”), from *h₂eh₁-. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -ɑhu
  • Hyphenation: a‧hu

Noun

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ahu (genitive ahu, partitive ahu)

  1. a glade (grassy open or cleared space in a forest, especially one that is a result of slash-and-burn cultivation)
    noor perenaine tegi tule ahule ja lüpsis sääl esimest korda oma lehma ― the young hostess lit the fire in the glade and milked a cow for the first time
  2. (dialectal) dry and high land with a thin layer of soil (Can we add an example for this sense? )
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Declension

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Declension of ahu (ÕS type 17/elu, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative ahu ahud
accusative nom.
gen. ahu
genitive ahude
partitive ahu ahusid
illative ahhu
ahusse 		ahudesse
inessive ahus ahudes
elative ahust ahudest
allative ahule ahudele
adessive ahul ahudel
ablative ahult ahudelt
translative ahuks ahudeks
terminative ahuni ahudeni
essive ahuna ahudena
abessive ahuta ahudeta
comitative ahuga ahudega

References

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  • “ahu”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
  • ahu in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)

Anagrams

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Hadza

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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ahu m (masc. plural ahubii, fem. ahuko, fem. plural ahubee)

  1. skin (fem. = thick or piece of skin)

Usage notes

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The form after a determiner ahu. (clarification of this definition is needed.)

Hawaiian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Polynesian *qafu (“heap; heap up”). Cognate with Maori ahu (“sacred mound”).

Noun

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ahu

  1. heap, pile, mound
  2. cairn, altar, shrine

Derived terms

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Further reading

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Kambera

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *asu, from Proto-Austronesian *asu.

Noun

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ahu

  1. dog (animal)

References

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  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*asu”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Kisar

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *asu, from Proto-Austronesian *asu.

Noun

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ahu

  1. dog (animal)

References

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  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*asu”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Komodo

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *aku, from Proto-Austronesian *aku.

Pronoun

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ahu

  1. I (personal pronoun)
  2. me (direct object of a verb)
  3. me (object of a preposition)
  4. me (indirect object of a verb)
  5. my (belonging to me)

Maori

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Polynesian *afu (“offspring”).[1]

Verb

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ahu (passive ahua or ahungia or ahuria or ahutia)

  1. to care for, to foster
  2. to face or move in a certain direction
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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From Proto-Polynesian *qafu (“heap up; mound”).[2] Compare with Hawaiian ahu.

Verb

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ahu

  1. to heap up

Noun

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ahu

  1. (sacred) mound
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References

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  1. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “AFU.1”, in “POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 50, number 2, pages 551-559
  2. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “QAFU.2”, in “POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 50, number 2, pages 551-559

Further reading

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

Pali

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Alternative forms

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Alternative scripts

Verb

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ahu

  1. second/third-person singular aorist active of hoti (“to be”)

Pohnpeian

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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ahu

  1. mouth

Portuguese

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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ahu m (plural ahus)

  1. (rare) ahu (stone platform for moai)

Rapa Nui

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Te ahu.

Etymology

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From Proto-Polynesian *qafu (“heap”). Cognates include Hawaiian ahu (“altar”) and Maori ahu (“to heap up”).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈa.hu/
  • Hyphenation: a‧hu

Noun

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ahu

  1. stone platform under a statue, especially a mo'ai

Descendants

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  • → English: ahu
  • → Portuguese: ahu
  • → Spanish: ahu

References

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  • Veronica Du Feu (1996), Rapanui (Descriptive Grammars), Routledge, →ISBN, page 167

Spanish

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Noun

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ahu m (plural ahus)

  1. ahu, stone platform for mo'ai

Ternate

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Etymology

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Cognate with Tidore ahu, Sahu 'ahu.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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ahu

  1. (intransitive) to live, grow

Conjugation

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Conjugation of ahu
singular plural
inclusive exclusive
1st person toahu foahu miahu
2nd person noahu niahu
3rd
person 		masculine oahu iahu
yoahu (archaic)
feminine moahu
neuter iahu

References

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  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001), A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Toba Batak

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *aku, from Proto-Austronesian *aku.

Pronoun

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ahu

  1. I (personal pronoun)
  2. me (direct object of a verb)
  3. me (object of a preposition)
  4. me (indirect object of a verb)
  5. my (belonging to me)
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