单词 | pahu |
释义 | pahun. In Tahiti, Hawaii, and other parts of eastern Polynesia: an upright, cylindrical wooden drum with a shark-skin head used to accompany dances and in religious ceremonies. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > percussion instrument > drum > [noun] > other drums taborinc1500 swash1533 war-drum1593 wolf-drum1605 saddle drum1617 tombak1662 tom-tom1693 goombay1790 rommelpot1790 rommelpot?1798 water drum1824 pahu1829 tabl1831 tambourin1832 dholuck1837 nagara1839 tree-drum1850 ngoma1860 talking drum1897 pot drum1907 friction drum1909 trap-drum1924 ghoema1934 tamboo1942 tassa1948 steel drum1952 conga drum1955 roto-tom1968 conga1969 Isukuti1972 steel pan1973 syndrum1979 1829 W. Ellis Polynesian Res. I. xi. 281 The principal musical instrument used by the South Sea islanders, was the pahu, or drum. 1878 Nature 7 Nov. 22/1 The Hauhaus..were called to their place of worship by the beating of the pahu; it is a long, sonorous piece of wood, made (when possible) from an aromatic tree called porokaiwhiria (Hedycaria dentata). 1882 T. H. Potts Out in Open 16 The Hauhau call to prayers is sounded by the beating of the pahu, a sounding piece of wood. 1961 Chron.-Telegram (Elyria, Ohio) 21 Nov. 11 The basic instruments are the ‘pahu’, a large drum, the ‘faateti’, a small drum, and the ‘toere’, hollow logs that the musicians beat. 1987 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 5 July ii. 10/4 The drum dances from the island of Kauai performed by Mrs. Zuttermeister's 21-year-old granddaughter, Hauoli, as Noenoelani beats the rhythm on the pahu. 2000 S. Broughton et al. World Music: Rough Guide II. i. 56/1 The Hawaiian pahu (shark-skin drum) is both the oldest instrument on the islands and a symbol of the ancient links to Polynesia. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1829 |
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