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aumakua

aumakua noun: in Hawaiian mythology, a personal or family god that originated as a deified ancestor, and which takes on physical forms such as animals to watch over descendants.

Noun

aumakua (plural aumakuas or aumakua)

  1. (Hawaiian mythology) In Hawaiian mythology, a personal or family god that originated as a deified ancestor, and which takes on physical forms such as animals to watch over descendants.

Forms of aumakua

pluralaumakuas
pluralaumakua

Origin of aumakua

Borrowed from Hawaiian ʻaumakua.

Questions about aumakua

What does aumakua mean?
Aumakua means in Hawaiian mythology, a personal or family god that originated as a deified ancestor, and which takes on physical forms such as animals to watch over descendants.
What part of speech is aumakua?
Aumakua is a noun.
What is the plural of aumakua?
The plural of aumakua is aumakuas.

Words near aumakua in the dictionary

  1. aulæ
  2. aum
  3. Aum Shinrikyo
  4. aumaga
  5. aumagas
  6. aumakua
  7. aumakuas
  8. Auman
  9. Aumann
  10. Aumann's agreement theorem
  11. Aumanns

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