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kahuna

/kəˈhuːnə/ UK

Rhymes with -uːnə

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Borrowed from Hawaiian kahuna (“shaman, wizard”).

noun kahunas · kahuna

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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"kahuna." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/kahuna. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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@misc{kahuna_2026,
  title = {kahuna},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/kahuna},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}