kōhua

Māori

Alternative forms

kōhue

Etymology

From kohu “oven” from Proto-Polynesian *kofu “to wrap food in leaves”^[1] influenced by a homograph with the sense of “concave, hollow” from a different root; sense of pot is modern evolution from “oven for cooking” with influence from kōhue.^[2] (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkoːhua/ [ˈkoːhʉɐ]

Noun

kōhua

boiler, pot (any metal cooking vessel for boiling food)
(archaic) a trough or vessel dug out of a wooden trunk for boiling food using heated stones (pot boilers).^[3]

Related terms

kōhue
kura

Verb

kōhua (passive kōhuatia)

to cook by boiling, to boil, to poach

References

^ M. Ross, A. Pawley, M. Osmond, editors (1998), The Lexicon of Proto-Oceanic‎^[1], volume 1: Material Culture, Australian National University, →ISBN, pages 154–5.
^ Anderson, Atholl; Green, Kaye; Leach, Foss (2007), Vastly Ingenious: The Archaeology of Pacific Material Culture, in Honour of Janet M. Davidson, Otago University Press, →ISBN, pages 56–7
^ Graham, George; Hongi, Hare; Large, J. T. (1923), “Notes and Queries”, in The Journal of the Polynesian Society‎^[2], volume 32, number 1(125), →ISSN, pages 47–50

Williams, Herbert William (1917), “kōhua”, in A Dictionary of the Maori Language, 5th edition, Wellington, N.Z.: Marcus F. Marks, page 148
John C. Moorfield (2011), “kōhua”, in Te Aka: Māori–English, English–Māori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, →ISBN

[1] M. Ross, A. Pawley, M. Osmond, editors (1998), The Lexicon of Proto-Oceanic‎^[1], volume 1: Material Culture, Australian National University, →ISBN, pages 154–5.

[2] Anderson, Atholl; Green, Kaye; Leach, Foss (2007), Vastly Ingenious: The Archaeology of Pacific Material Culture, in Honour of Janet M. Davidson, Otago University Press, →ISBN, pages 56–7

[3] Graham, George; Hongi, Hare; Large, J. T. (1923), “Notes and Queries”, in The Journal of the Polynesian Society‎^[2], volume 32, number 1(125), →ISSN, pages 47–50

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