ohu

See also: ʻohu and õhu

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Maori [Term?].

Noun

ohu (plural ohus or ohu)

1. (New Zealand, historical) A kind of rural commune established in New Zealand under a government scheme of the mid-1970s.

Anagrams

• HOU, Hou, Huo

Calamian Tagbanwa

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔhu/

Noun

ohu (Tagbanwa spelling ᝠᝰᝳ)

1. dog (animal)

References

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

Estonian

Noun

ohu

1. genitive singular of oht

Extremaduran

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin oclus, from Latin oculus.

Noun

ohu

1. eye

Gun

Etymology 1

From Proto-Gbe *-χʷú. Cognates include Fon xú, Saxwe Gbe oxú, Adja exu, Ewe eƒu

Alternative forms

• oxú, xú (Benin)
• hú

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ō.xú/

Noun

ohú (plural ohú lẹ́) (Nigeria)

1. bone

Etymology 2

From Proto-Gbe *-χʷu. Cognates include Fon xù, Saxwe Gbe axù, Saxwe Gbe ɛxù, Adja axu, Ewe ƒu

Alternative forms

• oxù, xù (Benin)
• hù

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ō.xù/

Noun

ohù (plural ohù lẹ́) (Nigeria)

1. sea, ocean