# rehu
## Finnish
### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *rëhu. Related to Karelian rehu, Votic rõhu and possibly Livonian rõ’v.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈrehu/, [ˈre̞ɦu]
* Rhymes: -ehu
* Hyphenation: re‧hu

### Noun

rehu
* fodder, animal feed, forage
* (colloquial, humorous, usually in the plural) vegetables (as human food)

#### Declension

Possessive forms of rehu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
rehuni
rehuni
accusative
nom.
rehuni
rehuni
gen.
rehuni
genitive
rehuni
rehujeni
partitive
rehuani
rehujani
inessive
rehussani
rehuissani
elative
rehustani
rehuistani
illative
rehuuni
rehuihini
adessive
rehullani
rehuillani
ablative
rehultani
rehuiltani
allative
rehulleni
rehuilleni
essive
rehunani
rehuinani
translative
rehukseni
rehuikseni
abessive
rehuttani
rehuittani
instructive
comitative
—rehuineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
rehusi
rehusi
accusative
nom.
rehusi
rehusi
gen.
rehusi
genitive
rehusi
rehujesi
partitive
rehuasi
rehujasi
inessive
rehussasi
rehuissasi
elative
rehustasi
rehuistasi
illative
rehuusi
rehuihisi
adessive
rehullasi
rehuillasi
ablative
rehultasi
rehuiltasi
allative
rehullesi
rehuillesi
essive
rehunasi
rehuinasi
translative
rehuksesi
rehuiksesi
abessive
rehuttasi
rehuittasi
instructive
comitative
—rehuinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
rehumme
rehumme
accusative
nom.
rehumme
rehumme
gen.
rehumme
genitive
rehumme
rehujemme
partitive
rehuamme
rehujamme
inessive
rehussamme
rehuissamme
elative
rehustamme
rehuistamme
illative
rehuumme
rehuihimme
adessive
rehullamme
rehuillamme
ablative
rehultamme
rehuiltamme
allative
rehullemme
rehuillemme
essive
rehunamme
rehuinamme
translative
rehuksemme
rehuiksemme
abessive
rehuttamme
rehuittamme
instructive
comitative
—rehuinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
rehunne
rehunne
accusative
nom.
rehunne
rehunne
gen.
rehunne
genitive
rehunne
rehujenne
partitive
rehuanne
rehujanne
inessive
rehussanne
rehuissanne
elative
rehustanne
rehuistanne
illative
rehuunne
rehuihinne
adessive
rehullanne
rehuillanne
ablative
rehultanne
rehuiltanne
allative
rehullenne
rehuillenne
essive
rehunanne
rehuinanne
translative
rehuksenne
rehuiksenne
abessive
rehuttanne
rehuittanne
instructive
comitative
—rehuinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
rehunsa
rehunsa
accusative
nom.
rehunsa
rehunsa
gen.
rehunsa
genitive
rehunsa
rehujensa
partitive
rehuaan rehuansa
rehujaan rehujansa
inessive
rehussaan rehussansa
rehuissaan rehuissansa
elative
rehustaan rehustansa
rehuistaan rehuistansa
illative
rehuunsa
rehuihinsa
adessive
rehullaan rehullansa
rehuillaan rehuillansa
ablative
rehultaan rehultansa
rehuiltaan rehuiltansa
allative
rehulleen rehullensa
rehuilleen rehuillensa
essive
rehunaan rehunansa
rehuinaan rehuinansa
translative
rehukseen rehuksensa
rehuikseen rehuiksensa
abessive
rehuttaan rehuttansa
rehuittaan rehuittansa
instructive
comitative
—rehuineen rehuinensa :

#### Derived terms

* Rehula
* rehustaa
* eläinrehu
* hauderehu
* juottorehu
* kalanrehu
* kalarehu
* kananrehu
* karjanrehu
* karkearehu
* kivennäisrehu
* kuivarehu
* laidunrehu
* minkinrehu
* nurmirehu
* painorehu
* rehuarvo
* rehuherne
* rehuhiiva
* rehujauho
* rehujuurikas
* rehukakku
* rehukala
* rehukasvi
* rehukaura
* rehukeittiö
* rehulaki
* rehumyrkytys
* rehunauris
* rehunsäilöntä
* rehuntuotanto
* rehuohra
* rehuperuna
* rehusekoitus
* rehusiilo
* rehusilppuri
* rehuteollisuus
* rehutorni
* rehuvilja
* rehuvirna
* rehuyksikkö
* seosrehu
* säilörehu
* tuorerehu
* täysrehu
* valkuaisrehu
* vihantarehu
* väkirehu

### Further reading

* “rehu”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

### Anagrams

* heru

## Maori
### Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *rapuR (“hearth”) (compare with Hawaiian lehu (“ash”); Tahitian rehu (“ash, grey colour”) and rehurehu (“twilight”); Tongan efu (“dust, human remains”); Samoan lefulefu) from Proto-Oceanic *dapuR (“hearth”) (compare with Fijian dravu (“ashes”) and dravuloa (“grey”)), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dapuR (“hearth”) (compare with Malay dapur (“kitchen”) and Tagalog dapog (“open fire”)). Doublet of rehurehu, nehu, and nehunehu.

### Noun

rehu
* dust
    Synonym: nehu
* mist
* spray

### Adjective

rehu
* misty

### Related terms

* ngārehu
* matarehu
* porehu
* pungarehu

### References

* ↑ Tregear, Edward (1891) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary‎, Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, pages 406-7
* ↑ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “refu1”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online
* ↑ Ross, Malcolm D., Pawley, Andrew, Osmond, Meredith (2008) The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volume 2: The Physical Environment, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, pages 74-5

### Further reading

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