Word of the Day 03/17/24 Ahu
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Ahu (noun)
ahu [ ah-hoo ]
noun
1. a stone heap or platform used by the Polynesians as a marker or memorial.
ORIGIN: From Hawaiian
HOW TO USE AHU IN A SENTENCE
ahu'bal had a magnificent tent built, and Horam the vizier had one built for the sultan still more magnificent.
CHARACTER SKETCHES OF ROMANCE, FICTION AND THE DRAMA, VOL 1 | THE REV. E. COBHAM BREWER, LL.D.
ahu o Kakaalaneo, the name given to the original feather cloak, p. 155.
HAWAIIAN FOLK TALES | VARIOUS
Te ahu was especially angered at what he regarded as an uncalled-for encroachment upon his prerogative as a chief.
AN OLD NEW ZEALANDER | T. LINDSAY BUICK
She tore a strip from her ahu and tied the pearl securely about her neck.
SOUTH SEA TALES | JACK LONDON
They saw Nauri, dripping with sea water, without her ahu, creep in.
SOUTH SEA TALES | JACK LONDON
Now YOU come up with a sentence (or fic? or graphic?) that best illustrates the word.
ahu [ ah-hoo ]
noun
1. a stone heap or platform used by the Polynesians as a marker or memorial.
ORIGIN: From Hawaiian
HOW TO USE AHU IN A SENTENCE
ahu'bal had a magnificent tent built, and Horam the vizier had one built for the sultan still more magnificent.
CHARACTER SKETCHES OF ROMANCE, FICTION AND THE DRAMA, VOL 1 | THE REV. E. COBHAM BREWER, LL.D.
ahu o Kakaalaneo, the name given to the original feather cloak, p. 155.
HAWAIIAN FOLK TALES | VARIOUS
Te ahu was especially angered at what he regarded as an uncalled-for encroachment upon his prerogative as a chief.
AN OLD NEW ZEALANDER | T. LINDSAY BUICK
She tore a strip from her ahu and tied the pearl securely about her neck.
SOUTH SEA TALES | JACK LONDON
They saw Nauri, dripping with sea water, without her ahu, creep in.
SOUTH SEA TALES | JACK LONDON
Now YOU come up with a sentence (or fic? or graphic?) that best illustrates the word.