Etymology

pahu

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Today it means: A traditional drum of Polynesia, made from a single log and covered with sharkskin. Full definition →

Hawaiian pahu
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The story

  1. Hawaiian · borrowed frompahu“drum, box”
  2. English todaypahu

From Hawaiian pahu (“drum, box”).

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