ahu

[ ah-hoo ]

noun

1. a stone heap or platform used by the Polynesians as a marker or memorial.

Word History and Origins

Origin of ahu¹

From Hawaiian

Example Sentences

Ahu'bal had a magnificent tent built, and Horam the vizier had one built for the sultan still more magnificent.

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Ahu o Kakaalaneo, the name given to the original feather cloak, p. 155.

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Te Ahu was especially angered at what he regarded as an uncalled-for encroachment upon his prerogative as a chief.

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She tore a strip from her ahu and tied the pearl securely about her neck.

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They saw Nauri, dripping with sea water, without her ahu, creep in.

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