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pahū

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Maori

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Polynesian *pasu₁ (“drum”). Cognate with Tahitian pahu and Hawaiian pahu.[1][2][3]

Noun

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pahū

  1. drum (slotted or skinned)

References

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  1. ^ Tregear, Edward (1891) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary‎[1], Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, pages 301-2
  2. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “pasu.1b”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online
  3. ^ Ross, Malcolm D., Pawley, Andrew, Osmond, Meredith (1998) The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volume 1: Material Culture, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, page 110

Etymology 2

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From Proto-Polynesian *pasuu. Cognate with Hawaiian pahū.[1][2]

Verb

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pahū

  1. to burst, to explode

Noun

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pahū

  1. boom, bang
  2. explosion
  3. bomb

References

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  1. ^ Tregear, Edward (1891) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary‎[2], Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, pages 301-2
  2. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “pasu.1b”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online

Further reading

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  • “pahū” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.
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