ahu

See also: Ahu, ähu, and a hu

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 or ahu)

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

Translations

stone platform for moai

• Portuguese: ahu (pt) m

Anagrams

• Hau, Hua

Albanian

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

ahu f (definite ahuja) (dialectal, Shkodër)

1. fine (payment)

   Synonym: gjobë

References

• “ahú-ja”, in Edukata e Ré. Revistë pedagogjike (in Albanian), number 2, Tirana: Gutenberg, 1930, page 70a
• Mann, S. E. (1948) “ahú”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 3a

Etymology 2

Adverb

ahu (dialectal)

1. Alternative form of ashtu

References

• Mann, S. E. (1948) “ahú”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 3a

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

ahu

1. inflection of ah:
   1. definite nominative
   2. indefinite dative/ablative

Estonian

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑhu/, [ˈɑɦu]

• 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 [EKSS] 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

• auh, hau, uha

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. (clarification of this definition is needed)

Kambera

Etymology

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

Noun

ahu

1. dog (animal)

References

• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*asu”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Kisar

Etymology

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

Noun

ahu

1. dog (animal)

References

• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*asu”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

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 scripts

• 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

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈu/

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 person		toahu	foahu	miahu
2nd person		noahu	niahu
3rd person	masculine	oahu	iahu yoahu (archaic)
	feminine	moahu
	neuter	iahu

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^[1]

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)