mahu

See also: mǎhu, mahū, and māhū

English

Etymology

From Hawaiian māhū.

Noun

mahu (plural mahus or mahu)

1. (Hawaii) A person of the third gender, having traditional spiritual and social roles in the cultures of Hawaii and Tahiti.
2. (Hawaii, slang, derogatory) A gay person; homosexual.

Estonian

Noun

mahu

1. genitive singular of maht

Verb

mahu

1. inflection of mahtuma:
   1. present indicative connegative
   2. second-person singular present imperative

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈmahu/ [ˈma.hu]
• Rhymes: -ahu
• Syllabification: ma‧hu

Verb

mahu

1. Alternative spelling of mau

Malay

Alternative forms

• mau

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.(h)u/
• Rhymes: -u

Verb

mahu

1. to want, to desire
2. (auxiliary) will

Pileni

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *mafu.

Adjective

mahu

1. bad; stale (of food)
2. fermented

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

mahu

1. dative/locative singular of mah

Slovene

Noun

mahu

1. genitive/dative/locative singular of mah

Takuu

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *mafu.

Adjective

mahu

1. bad (of taste or smell through spoiling or rotting)

Yanomam

Noun

mahu (clitic meronym; singulative mahu, dual mahukipë, definite plural mahuku, indefinite plural mahupë)

1. foot

References

• Perri Ferreira, Helder (2017) Yanomama Clause Structure‎^[1], volume 1, Utrecht: LOT, →ISBN, pages 116, 126, 133–135, 143–144, 179