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?) (This entry needs quotations to illustrate usage. If you come across any interesting, durably archived quotes, then please add them!)

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)

to care for, to foster

to face or move in a certain direction

to heap up

(sacred) mound

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)

heap, pile, mound

cairn, altar, shrine

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

ahu (stone platform for moai)

ahu, stone platform for mo'ai

Source: wiktionary.org