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Maori
Etymology
Related to ehu, rehu and nehu. For sense of pollen, compare with Hawaiian ʻehu and Malay debu (i.e. in debunga from debu bunga “flower dust”) for similar semantic extension.
Noun
puehu
- pollen
- (archaic) dust
Adjective
puehu
- dusty
- mealy, floury
Further reading
- “puehu” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.