rehu

From Proto-Finnic *rëhu. Related to Karelian rehu, Votic rõhu and possibly Livonian rõ’v.

• IPA^(key): /ˈrehu/, [ˈre̞ɦu]
• Rhymes: -ehu
• Hyphenation^(key): re‧hu

rehu

1. fodder, animal feed, forage
2. (colloquial, humorous, usually in the plural) vegetables (as human food)

• “rehu”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

• heru

From Proto-Polynesian *rapuR (“hearth”) (compare with Hawaiian lehu (“ash”); Tahitian rehu (“ash, grey colour”) and rehurehu (“twilight”); Tongan efu (“dust, human remains”); Samoan lefulefu)^[1] from Proto-Oceanic *dapuR (“hearth”) (compare with Fijian dravu (“ashes”) and dravuloa (“grey”)), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dapuR (“hearth”) (compare with Malay dapur (“kitchen”) and Tagalog dapog (“open fire”)).^[2][3] Doublet of rehurehu, nehu, and nehunehu.

rehu

1. dust

   Synonym: nehu

2. mist
3. spray

rehu

1. misty

• ngārehu
• matarehu
• porehu
• pungarehu

• “rehu” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.