patu
noun
pa·tu
ˈpä(ˌ)tü
variants or patu-patu
-üˈpä(ˌ)tü
plural -s
: a short two-edged Maori weapon of stone, wood, or bone resembling a club and tapering in thickness but expanding in width from the butt and designed to give a crushing rather than cutting blow
Word History
Etymology
Maori
- three-way cross
- three-way lamp
- three-way switch
- three-wheeler
- three-wire generator
- three-wire system
- threed
- threefold
- threefold purchase
- threefold tackle
- threefolder
- threefoldest
- threeling
- threeness
- threenesses
- threep
- threeped
- threepence
- threepences
- threepennier
- threepennies
- threepenniest
- threepenny
- threepenny nail
- threepennyworth