ahu

See also: Ahu

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Persian آهو (âhu), which is of imitative origin.

Noun

ahu (plural ahus)

1. The goitered gazelle, .

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Rapa Nui ahu.

Noun

ahu (plural ahus)

1. stone platform for moai

Translations

stone platform for moai

• Portuguese: ahu (pt) m
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “ahu”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• Hau, Hua

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Hadza

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔaɦu/

Noun

ahu m (masc. plural ahubii, fem. ahuko, fem. plural ahubee) (Note: the form after a determiner is ahu)

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

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Kambera

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *asu, from Proto-Austronesian *(w)asu.

Noun

ahu

1. dog (animal)

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Kisar

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *asu, from Proto-Austronesian *(w)asu.

Noun

ahu

1. dog (animal)

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Komodo

Etymology

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

Pronoun

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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Mayoyao Ifugao

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *asu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *asu, from Proto-Austronesian *(w)asu.

Noun

áso

1. dog (animal)

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Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• 𑀅𑀳𑀼 (Brahmi script)
• अहु (Devanagari script)
• অহু (Bengali script)
• අහු (Sinhalese script)
• အဟု or ဢႁု (Burmese script)
• อหุ or อะหุ (Thai script)
• ᩋᩉᩩ (Tai Tham script)
• ອຫຸ or ອະຫຸ (Lao script)
• អហុ (Khmer script)
• 𑄃𑄦𑄪 (Chakma script)

Verb

ahu

1. aorist of hoti (“to be”)

Conjugation

See conjugation of ahosi

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Pohnpeian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɐːu/

Noun

ahu

1. mouth

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Portuguese

Noun

ahu m (plural ahus)

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

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Rapa Nui

Noun

ahu

1. stone platform for mo'ai

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Spanish

Noun

ahu m (plural ahus)

1. ahu, stone platform for mo'ai

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Toba Batak

Etymology

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

Pronoun

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)