tāhuhu

== Māori == === Etymology === From Proto-Oceanic *taqo-fufu (compare with Tongan toʻufufu) affixing *fufu from Proto-Oceanic *pupuŋan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bubuŋ (“ridge of roof, mountain” – compare with Malay bumbung, Tagalog bubóng, Ilocano bobóng all “roof”). Also reanalyzable as tā “stalk” + huhu – compare with Malay tulang bumbung “ridgepole”, lit. “bone of roof” (corresponding to tua + huhu). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtaːhuhu/ [ˈtɑːhʉhʉ] === Noun === tāhuhu ridgepole horizontal beam supporting a kite's wings lineage tāhuhu kōrero: history tāhuhu tangata: curriculum vitae, résumé === Adjective === tāhuhu eldest chief === Derived terms === tāhū === References === === Further reading === Williams, Herbert William (1917), “tāhū, tāhuhu, tāuhu”, in A Dictionary of the Maori Language, page 420 “tāhuhu” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.