ahu

See also: Ahu and ähu

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Persian آهو‎ (âhu).

Noun

ahu (plural ahus)

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

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Rapa Nui ahu.

Noun

ahu (plural ahus)

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

References
  1. ahu in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Anagrams

Hadza

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʔaɦu/

Noun

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

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

Usage notes

The form after a determiner ahu,

Kambera

Etymology

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

Noun

ahu

  1. dog (animal)

Kisar

Etymology

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

Noun

ahu

  1. dog (animal)

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)

Maori

Verb

ahu

  1. to care for

Mayoyao Ifugao

Etymology

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

Noun

áso

  1. dog (animal)

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

Pohnpeian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɐːu/

Noun

ahu

  1. mouth

Portuguese

Noun

ahu m (plural ahus)

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

Rapa Nui
Te ahu.

Etymology

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

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

Noun

ahu

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

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

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

Spanish

Noun

ahu m (plural ahus)

  1. ahu, stone platform for mo'ai

Ternate

Etymology

From Proto-North Halmahera *oho (“live”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈa.hu]

Verb

ahu

  1. (intransitive) to live, grow

Conjugation
Conjugation of ahu
Singular Plural
Inclusive Exclusive
1st toahu foahu miahu
2nd noahu niahu
3rd Masculine oahu iahu, yoahu†
Feminine moahu
Neuter iahu
† - archaic

References
  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh
  • Gary Holton, Marian Klamer (2018) The Papuan languages of East Nusantara and the Bird's Head‎

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)
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