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patu

patu noun: a Maori club or pounder.

Noun

patu (plural patus)

  1. A Maori club or pounder.

Forms of patu

pluralpatus

Origin of patu

Borrowed from Māori patu (“beating, hitting; a club, a weapon”).

Questions about patu

What does patu mean?
Patu means a Maori club or pounder.
What part of speech is patu?
Patu is a noun.
What is the plural of patu?
The plural of patu is patus.

Words near patu in the dictionary

  1. pattypan
  2. pattypan squash
  3. pattypans
  4. patté
  5. pattée
  6. patu
  7. Patuakhali District
  8. Patucannay
  9. patulent
  10. patulin
  11. patulins

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