kahuna
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 13
- Words With Friends
- 14
- Letters
- 6
/kəˈhuːnə/
(UK)
Definition of kahuna
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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(Hawaii)A priest or priestess of the traditional Hawaiian religion.
“They were kāhuna, practitioners of the old Hawaiian religion, apparently offering themselves as sacrifices to appease the gods so that the queen would be restored.”
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noun
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(Hawaii)A priest or priestess of the traditional Hawaiian religion.
“They were kāhuna, practitioners of the old Hawaiian religion, apparently offering themselves as sacrifices to appease the gods so that the queen would be restored.”
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Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
Borrowed from Hawaiian kahuna (“shaman, wizard”).
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