pahu
English
editEtymology
editFrom Hawaiian pahu (“drum, box”).
Noun
editpahu (plural pahus)
- A traditional drum of Polynesia, made from a single log and covered with sharkskin.
Anagrams
editHawaiian
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Polynesian *pasu₁ (“drum”). Cognate with Tahitian pahu and Maori pahū.[1][2][3]
Pronunciation
editNoun
editpahu
Derived terms
edit- pahu manu (“cage”)
References
edit- ^ Pukui, Mary Kawena, Elbert, Samuel H. (1986) “pahu”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, revised & enlarged edition, Honolulu, HI: University of Hawai'i Press, →ISBN, pages 300-1
- ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “pasu.1b”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online
- ^ Ross, Malcolm D., Pawley, Andrew, Osmond, Meredith (1998) The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volume 1: Material Culture, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, page 110
Jumaytepeque
editNoun
editpahu
References
edit- Chris Rogers, The Use and Development of the Xinkan Languages
Maori
editNoun
editpahu
- Alternative form of pahū
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- English terms borrowed from Hawaiian
- English terms derived from Hawaiian
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Percussion instruments
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- Hawaiian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Hawaiian lemmas
- Hawaiian nouns
- haw:Containers
- haw:Musical instruments
- Jumaytepeque lemmas
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