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kahuna

UK/kəˈhuːnə/

kahuna noun: a priest or priestess of the traditional Hawaiian religion.

Noun

kahuna (plural kahunas or kahuna)

  1. (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.2012, Julia Flynn Siler, Lost Kingdom, Grove Press, page 230
  2. A great surfer.

kahuna meaning in Tamil

kahuna in Tamil

மருத்துவர், பூசாரி, துறையில் சிறந்த மேதை, ஞானி, குரு

Forms of kahuna

pluralkahunas
pluralkahuna

Origin of kahuna

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

Words formed from kahuna

Words that rhyme with kahuna

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Questions about kahuna

What does kahuna mean?
Kahuna means a priest or priestess of the traditional Hawaiian religion.
What is kahuna in Tamil?
Kahuna in Tamil is மருத்துவர், பூசாரி, துறையில் சிறந்த மேதை. See Kahuna meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is kahuna?
Kahuna is a noun.
How do you pronounce kahuna?
Kahuna is pronounced /kəˈhuːnə/ (UK).
What is the plural of kahuna?
The plural of kahuna is kahunas.

Words near kahuna in the dictionary

  1. Kahr
  2. Kahramanmaraş
  3. Kahrs
  4. kahu
  5. Kahului
  6. kahuna
  7. kahunas
  8. Kahutara
  9. kahweol
  10. kai
  11. kai kai

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: kahuna (page history and authors); kahuna (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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