ahu

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See also: Ahu and ähu

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Persian آهو (âhu).

Noun

ahu (plural ahus)

  1. The goitered gazelle, Gazella subgutturosa.

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, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

Estonian

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Etymology

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

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

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

  • “ahu”, in 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

Hadza

Pronunciation

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. (clarification of this definition is needed)

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

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

Verb

ahu

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

Pohnpeian

Pronunciation

Noun

ahu

  1. mouth

Portuguese

Pronunciation

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

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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