kohu

== Finnish == === Etymology === kohista +‎ -u === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkohu/, [ˈko̞ɦu] Rhymes: -ohu Syllabification(key): ko‧hu Hyphenation(key): ko‧hu === Noun === kohu sensation, controversy, hullabaloo, brouhaha, scandal ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === See also === kuohu === Further reading === “kohu”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[3] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023 === Anagrams === hoku == Hawaiian == === Etymology === Compare with Māori tawau and Tahitian tāpau. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Sense of stain likely evolved from "sap" > "remnant" > "stain", compare with semantic overlap in Māori tae and Malay tahi. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈko.hu/ === Noun === kohu sap of a plant Synonym: wai stain == Māori == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkohu/ [ˈkɔhʉ] === Etymology 1 === From Proto-Polynesian *kofu, from Proto-Central Pacific *kovu, from Proto-Oceanic *koput (“low cloud, mist, fog”), from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *kabut, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *kabut, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kabut (“mist”). Cognates include Hawaiian ʻohu, Tahitian ʻohu and Tongan kohu. ==== Noun ==== kohu fog ==== References ==== === Etymology 2 === Likely from kapu (“concave part of the palm, scoop, ladle”); see there for more details. ==== Adjective ==== kohu concave, warped, cupped bent === Etymology 3 === From Proto-Polynesian *kofu (“to wrap food in leaves”), likely inspired by Etymology 2. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) ==== Verb ==== kohu (passive kohua) to cook in a hollow receptacle i.e. pot in an earth pit (hangi) an oven ==== References ==== === Derived terms === === Related terms === kōhua === Further reading === Williams, Herbert William (1917), “kohu”, in A Dictionary of the Maori Language, pages 147–8 John C. Moorfield (2011), “kohu”, in Te Aka: Māori–English, English–Māori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, →ISBN