ahun.

Brit.

/ˈahuː/, U.S.

/ˈæhu/

Inflections: Plural unchanged, ahus.

Origin: A borrowing from an Eastern Polynesian language.

Etymology: < an Eastern Polynesian language; compare e.g. Tahitian ahu, Maori ahu, Hawaiian ahu, Rapa Nui ahu.

In Eastern Polynesia: a raised platform or mound; esp. a platform of earth or stone used as a memorial or (as on Easter Island) as a support for stone statues.In quot. 1890 used for: an altar or shrine (apparently from a misunderstanding of the Hawaiian word).

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > record > memorial or monument > [noun] > structure or erection > mound or dome

mind hilla1425

mound1775

Indian mound1791

tope1815

tell1840

stupa1841

ruin-mound1911

ahu1917

ishan1921

pillow mound1928

1890 J. La Farge Journ. 6 Sept. in Amer. Artist in South Seas (1914) 22 The pig, filled with the spirit (ahu), was let loose and an old priest..careered after him.]

1917 H. Balfour in Folk-lore 28 361 Perhaps the most striking feature in Easter Island culture is the very numerous huge monolithic effigies..erected often upon stone platforms or terraces, ahu, in various parts of the Island.

1969 G. Clark World Prehist. (ed. 2) xi. 264 A distinctively east Polynesian culture did not emerge until the latter part of the first millennium A.D. Its most important memorials..are massive stone structures, such as the Easter Island mausoleums (ahu).

1989 Encycl. Brit. XXV. 301/2 During this period art treasures were hidden in secret family caves, while upright ahu images were successively overthrown.

2005 J. Diamond Collapse (2006) ii. 95 We now return to the subject that everyone thinks of first at the mention of Easter Island: its giant stone statues (termed moai), and the stone platforms (termed ahu) on which they stood. About 300 ahu have been identified.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	ahu
释义	ahun. Brit. /ˈahuː/, U.S. /ˈæhu/ Inflections: Plural unchanged, ahus. Origin: A borrowing from an Eastern Polynesian language. Etymology: < an Eastern Polynesian language; compare e.g. Tahitian ahu, Maori ahu, Hawaiian ahu, Rapa Nui ahu. In Eastern Polynesia: a raised platform or mound; esp. a platform of earth or stone used as a memorial or (as on Easter Island) as a support for stone statues.In quot. 1890 used for: an altar or shrine (apparently from a misunderstanding of the Hawaiian word). ΘΚΠ society > communication > record > memorial or monument > [noun] > structure or erection > mound or dome mind hilla1425 mound1775 Indian mound1791 tope1815 tell1840 stupa1841 ruin-mound1911 ahu1917 ishan1921 pillow mound1928 1890 J. La Farge Journ. 6 Sept. in Amer. Artist in South Seas (1914) 22 The pig, filled with the spirit (ahu), was let loose and an old priest..careered after him.] 1917 H. Balfour in Folk-lore 28 361 Perhaps the most striking feature in Easter Island culture is the very numerous huge monolithic effigies..erected often upon stone platforms or terraces, ahu, in various parts of the Island. 1969 G. Clark World Prehist. (ed. 2) xi. 264 A distinctively east Polynesian culture did not emerge until the latter part of the first millennium A.D. Its most important memorials..are massive stone structures, such as the Easter Island mausoleums (ahu). 1989 Encycl. Brit. XXV. 301/2 During this period art treasures were hidden in secret family caves, while upright ahu images were successively overthrown. 2005 J. Diamond Collapse (2006) ii. 95 We now return to the subject that everyone thinks of first at the mention of Easter Island: its giant stone statues (termed moai), and the stone platforms (termed ahu) on which they stood. About 300 ahu have been identified. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1917
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