kōhua

Maori

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.)

Alternative forms

kōhue

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /koː.hu.a/, [koː.hʉ.ɐ]

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

^ Ross, Malcolm D., Pawley, Andrew, Osmond, Meredith (1998) The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volume 1: Material Culture, Canberra: 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^[1], volume 32, number 1(125), →ISSN, pages 47–50