lehu

Hawaiian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *rapuR (“hearth”) (compare with Maori rehu (“dust, mist”), rehurehu (“obscure, to set, to dim”), pungarehu (“ash”), nehu (“seaspray”) and nehunehu (“dusky”); Tahitian rehu (“ash, grey colour”) and rehurehu (“twilight”); Tongan efu (“dust, human remains”); Samoan lefulefu)[1] 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”)).[2][3]

Noun

lehu

  1. ash (of colour and substance)
  2. grey

References
  1. Pukui, Mary Kawena, Elbert, Samuel H. (1986) “lehu”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, revised & enlarged edition, Honolulu, HI: University of Hawai'i Press, →ISBN, page 199
  2. Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “refu1”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online
  3. 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

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

lehu

  1. accusative singular of leha
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.