# kehu
## Finnish
### Etymology 1

kehua (“to praise”) +‎ -u

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkehu/, [ˈk̟e̞ɦu]
* Rhymes: -ehu
* Hyphenation: ke‧hu

#### Noun

kehu
* praise, commendation (favorable representation in words)

##### Declension

Possessive forms of kehu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
kehuni
kehuni
accusative
nom.
kehuni
kehuni
gen.
kehuni
genitive
kehuni
kehujeni
partitive
kehuani
kehujani
inessive
kehussani
kehuissani
elative
kehustani
kehuistani
illative
kehuuni
kehuihini
adessive
kehullani
kehuillani
ablative
kehultani
kehuiltani
allative
kehulleni
kehuilleni
essive
kehunani
kehuinani
translative
kehukseni
kehuikseni
abessive
kehuttani
kehuittani
instructive
comitative
—kehuineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
kehusi
kehusi
accusative
nom.
kehusi
kehusi
gen.
kehusi
genitive
kehusi
kehujesi
partitive
kehuasi
kehujasi
inessive
kehussasi
kehuissasi
elative
kehustasi
kehuistasi
illative
kehuusi
kehuihisi
adessive
kehullasi
kehuillasi
ablative
kehultasi
kehuiltasi
allative
kehullesi
kehuillesi
essive
kehunasi
kehuinasi
translative
kehuksesi
kehuiksesi
abessive
kehuttasi
kehuittasi
instructive
comitative
—kehuinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
kehumme
kehumme
accusative
nom.
kehumme
kehumme
gen.
kehumme
genitive
kehumme
kehujemme
partitive
kehuamme
kehujamme
inessive
kehussamme
kehuissamme
elative
kehustamme
kehuistamme
illative
kehuumme
kehuihimme
adessive
kehullamme
kehuillamme
ablative
kehultamme
kehuiltamme
allative
kehullemme
kehuillemme
essive
kehunamme
kehuinamme
translative
kehuksemme
kehuiksemme
abessive
kehuttamme
kehuittamme
instructive
comitative
—kehuinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
kehunne
kehunne
accusative
nom.
kehunne
kehunne
gen.
kehunne
genitive
kehunne
kehujenne
partitive
kehuanne
kehujanne
inessive
kehussanne
kehuissanne
elative
kehustanne
kehuistanne
illative
kehuunne
kehuihinne
adessive
kehullanne
kehuillanne
ablative
kehultanne
kehuiltanne
allative
kehullenne
kehuillenne
essive
kehunanne
kehuinanne
translative
kehuksenne
kehuiksenne
abessive
kehuttanne
kehuittanne
instructive
comitative
—kehuinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
kehunsa
kehunsa
accusative
nom.
kehunsa
kehunsa
gen.
kehunsa
genitive
kehunsa
kehujensa
partitive
kehuaan kehuansa
kehujaan kehujansa
inessive
kehussaan kehussansa
kehuissaan kehuissansa
elative
kehustaan kehustansa
kehuistaan kehuistansa
illative
kehuunsa
kehuihinsa
adessive
kehullaan kehullansa
kehuillaan kehuillansa
ablative
kehultaan kehultansa
kehuiltaan kehuiltansa
allative
kehulleen kehullensa
kehuilleen kehuillensa
essive
kehunaan kehunansa
kehuinaan kehuinansa
translative
kehukseen kehuksensa
kehuikseen kehuiksensa
abessive
kehuttaan kehuttansa
kehuittaan kehuittansa
instructive
comitative
—kehuineen kehuinensa :

##### Derived terms

* kerska
* itsekehu
* omakehu

#### Further reading

* “kehu”, 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 2023-07-01

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkehuˣ/, [ˈk̟e̞ɦu(ʔ)]
* Rhymes: -ehu
* Hyphenation: ke‧hu

#### Verb

kehu
* inflection of kehua:
** present active indicative connegative
** second-person singular present imperative
** second-person singular present active imperative connegative

## Maori
### Etymology

Derived from Proto-Polynesian *kefu (“light-coloured”) (compare with Hawaiian ʻehu (“reddish”), Tahitian ʻehu (“reddish, ginger”), Tongan kefu (“brownish”) and Samoan ʻefu (“reddish brown”))

### Adjective

kehu
* reddish

#### Derived terms

* urukehu

### References

* ↑ Tregear, Edward (1891) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary‎, Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, page 123
* ↑ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “kefu”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online
* ↑ Branstetter, Katherine B. (1977 January) “A Reconstruction of Proto-Polynesian Color Terminology”, in Anthropological Linguistics‎, volume 19, number 1, page 21

### Further reading

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

## Mokilese
### Noun

kehu
* mast

#### References

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