ha'u

See also: hau, háu, hàu, hầu, hậu, and -hau

Rapa Nui

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *faqu. Cognates include Tongan faʻu and Samoan fau.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈha.ʔu/
• Hyphenation: ha‧'u

Noun

ha'u

1. hat

References

• Veronica Du Feu (1996) Rapanui (Descriptive Grammars), Routledge, →ISBN, page 184
• Paulus Kieviet (2017) A grammar of Rapa Nui‎, Berlin: Language Science Press, →ISBN, page 29

Tetum

Etymology

From *aku, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)aku, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)aku, from Proto-Austronesian *(i-)aku.

Pronoun

ha'u

1. I (personal pronoun)
2. me (direct object of a verb)
3. me (object of a preposition)
4. me (indirect object of a verb)
5. my (belonging to me)