kahu
See also: kāhu
English
Etymology
Noun
kahu
- (New Zealand) swamp harrier (Circus approximans)
- 1879, Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, page 368:
- Riding along the road near the Whenuakura river, I observed a kahu pursuing a small bird (apparently a ground lark) high in the air.
Anagrams
'Are'are
Noun
kahu
References
- Kateřina Naitoro, A Sketch Grammar of 'Are'are: The Sound System and Morpho-Syntax (2013)
Finnish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkɑhu/, [ˈkɑ̝ɦu]
- Rhymes: -ɑhu
- Syllabification(key): ka‧hu
- Hyphenation(key): ka‧hu
Noun
kahu
- synonym of akana
Declension
| Inflection of kahu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
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| nominative | kahu | kahut | |
| genitive | kahun | kahujen | |
| partitive | kahua | kahuja | |
| illative | kahuun | kahuihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | kahu | kahut | |
| accusative | nom. | kahu | kahut |
| gen. | kahun | ||
| genitive | kahun | kahujen | |
| partitive | kahua | kahuja | |
| inessive | kahussa | kahuissa | |
| elative | kahusta | kahuista | |
| illative | kahuun | kahuihin | |
| adessive | kahulla | kahuilla | |
| ablative | kahulta | kahuilta | |
| allative | kahulle | kahuille | |
| essive | kahuna | kahuina | |
| translative | kahuksi | kahuiksi | |
| abessive | kahutta | kahuitta | |
| instructive | — | kahuin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
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Derived terms
Anagrams
Hawaiian
Etymology
From Proto-Polynesian *tufu.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈka.hu/, [ˈkɐ.hu]
Noun
kahu
Derived terms
Māori
Etymology
From Proto-Oceanic *kafu (“to cover, to put on clothing”) (compare to Tongan kafu, Samoan ʻafu, Hawaiian ʻahu),[1] from Proto-Oceanic *kaput (“to wrap or cover”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kaput (“to clasp together”).[2][3]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkahu/ [ˈkɐhʉ]
Noun
kahu
Derived terms
- kahu kautere
- kākahu
- pirikahu
References
- ^ Tregear, Edward (1891), “kahu”, in Maori–Polynesian Comparative Dictionary[1], Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, pages 112–3
- ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “kafu”, in “POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 50, number 2, pages 551–9
- ^ M. Ross, A. Pawley, M. Osmond, editors (1998), The Lexicon of Proto-Oceanic[2], volume 1: Material Culture, Australian National University, →ISBN, pages 154–5
Further reading
- John C. Moorfield (2011), “kahu”, in Te Aka: Māori–English, English–Māori Dictionary and Index[3], 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, →ISBN
Mokilese
Noun
kahu (construct kahuin)
References
- Harrison, Sheldon P.; Albert, Salich Y. (1977), Mokilese-English Dictionary[4], Honolulu: The University Press of Hawaii, →ISBN, page 101
Votic
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Cognates include Estonian kahu.
Pronunciation
- (Luutsa, Liivčülä) IPA(key): /ˈkɑhu/, [ˈkɑhu]
- Rhymes: -ɑhu
- Hyphenation: ka‧hu
Noun
kahu
- (light) frost
Inflection
| Declension of kahu (type II/võrkko, no gradation) | ||
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| singular | plural | |
| nominative | kahu | kahud |
| genitive | kahu | kahujõ |
| partitive | kahhua | kahuit |
| illative | kahusõ, kahhu | kahuisõ |
| inessive | kahuz | kahuiz |
| elative | kahuss | kahuiss |
| allative | kahullõ | kahuillõ |
| adessive | kahull | kahuill |
| ablative | kahult | kahuilt |
| translative | kahussi | kahuissi |
| *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative (sg) or the genitive. ***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive. For dialectal differences between case endings, see Appendix:Votic dialects. | ||