What is the meaning of Ahu?

The goitered gazelle, Gazella subgutturosa.

On Rapa Nui, a stone platform on which moai (statues) were erected.

fine (payment)

Alternative form of ashtu

inflection of ah:

  1. definite nominative
  2. indefinite dative/ablative

definite nominative

indefinite dative/ablative

a glade

dry and high land with a thin layer of soil (Can we add an example for this sense?)

skin (fem. = thick or piece of skin)

dog (animal)

dog (animal)

I (personal pronoun)

me (direct object of a verb)

me (object of a preposition)

me (indirect object of a verb)

my (belonging to me)

mouth

stone platform under a statue, especially a mo'ai

to live, grow

I (personal pronoun)

me (direct object of a verb)

me (object of a preposition)

me (indirect object of a verb)

my (belonging to me)

to care for

second/third-person singular aorist active of hoti (to be)

ahu (stone platform for moai)

ahu, stone platform for mo'ai

Source: wiktionary.org