# kahu
## English
### Etymology

From Maori kāhu.

### 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

* ukha

## 'Are'are
### Noun

kahu
* river

### References

* Kateřina Naitoro, A Sketch Grammar of 'Are'are: The Sound System and Morpho-Syntax (2013)

## Finnish
### Etymology

kah- +‎ -u

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkɑhu/, [ˈkɑ̝ɦu]
* Rhymes: -ɑhu
* Hyphenation: ka‧hu

### Noun

kahu
* Synonym of akana

#### Declension

Possessive forms of kahu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
kahuni
kahuni
accusative
nom.
kahuni
kahuni
gen.
kahuni
genitive
kahuni
kahujeni
partitive
kahuani
kahujani
inessive
kahussani
kahuissani
elative
kahustani
kahuistani
illative
kahuuni
kahuihini
adessive
kahullani
kahuillani
ablative
kahultani
kahuiltani
allative
kahulleni
kahuilleni
essive
kahunani
kahuinani
translative
kahukseni
kahuikseni
abessive
kahuttani
kahuittani
instructive
comitative
—kahuineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
kahusi
kahusi
accusative
nom.
kahusi
kahusi
gen.
kahusi
genitive
kahusi
kahujesi
partitive
kahuasi
kahujasi
inessive
kahussasi
kahuissasi
elative
kahustasi
kahuistasi
illative
kahuusi
kahuihisi
adessive
kahullasi
kahuillasi
ablative
kahultasi
kahuiltasi
allative
kahullesi
kahuillesi
essive
kahunasi
kahuinasi
translative
kahuksesi
kahuiksesi
abessive
kahuttasi
kahuittasi
instructive
comitative
—kahuinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
kahumme
kahumme
accusative
nom.
kahumme
kahumme
gen.
kahumme
genitive
kahumme
kahujemme
partitive
kahuamme
kahujamme
inessive
kahussamme
kahuissamme
elative
kahustamme
kahuistamme
illative
kahuumme
kahuihimme
adessive
kahullamme
kahuillamme
ablative
kahultamme
kahuiltamme
allative
kahullemme
kahuillemme
essive
kahunamme
kahuinamme
translative
kahuksemme
kahuiksemme
abessive
kahuttamme
kahuittamme
instructive
comitative
—kahuinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
kahunne
kahunne
accusative
nom.
kahunne
kahunne
gen.
kahunne
genitive
kahunne
kahujenne
partitive
kahuanne
kahujanne
inessive
kahussanne
kahuissanne
elative
kahustanne
kahuistanne
illative
kahuunne
kahuihinne
adessive
kahullanne
kahuillanne
ablative
kahultanne
kahuiltanne
allative
kahullenne
kahuillenne
essive
kahunanne
kahuinanne
translative
kahuksenne
kahuiksenne
abessive
kahuttanne
kahuittanne
instructive
comitative
—kahuinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
kahunsa
kahunsa
accusative
nom.
kahunsa
kahunsa
gen.
kahunsa
genitive
kahunsa
kahujensa
partitive
kahuaan kahuansa
kahujaan kahujansa
inessive
kahussaan kahussansa
kahuissaan kahuissansa
elative
kahustaan kahustansa
kahuistaan kahuistansa
illative
kahuunsa
kahuihinsa
adessive
kahullaan kahullansa
kahuillaan kahuillansa
ablative
kahultaan kahultansa
kahuiltaan kahuiltansa
allative
kahulleen kahullensa
kahuilleen kahuillensa
essive
kahunaan kahunansa
kahuinaan kahuinansa
translative
kahukseen kahuksensa
kahuikseen kahuiksensa
abessive
kahuttaan kahuttansa
kahuittaan kahuittansa
instructive
comitative
—kahuineen kahuinensa :

#### Derived terms

* kahujyvä
* kahukärpänen
* kahuripsiäinen
* kahutähkäisyys
* kahuyökkönen

### Anagrams

* haku, kuha, uhka

## Hawaiian
### Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *tufu.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈka.hu/, [ˈkɐ.hu]

### Noun

kahu
* guardian
* master

#### Derived terms

* kahuna

## Maori
### Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *kafu (“to cover, to put on clothing”) (compare to Tongan kafu, Samoan ʻafu, Hawaiian ʻahu), from Proto-Oceanic *kaput (“to wrap or cover”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kaput (“to clasp together”).

### Noun

kahu
* cloak, cape
* garment, clothing
* covering, surface

#### Derived terms

* kākahu
* pirikahu

### References

* ↑ Tregear, Edward (1891) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary‎, 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
* ↑ Ross, Malcolm D., Pawley, Andrew, Osmond, Meredith (1998) The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volume 1: Material Culture, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, pages 154-5

### Further reading

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

## Mokilese
### Noun

kahu (construct kahuin)
* buttocks
    Synonym: kap

#### References

* Harrison, Sheldon P., Mokilese-English Dictionary, University of Hawaii Press 1977

## 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, Liivtšülä) IPA: /ˈkɑhu/, [ˈkɑhu]
* Rhymes: -ɑhu
* Hyphenation: ka‧hu

### Noun

kahu
* (light) frost

#### Inflection
### References

* Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “kahu”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn