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kehuas

kehuas is the plural of kehua.

Meaning of kehua

Noun

kehua (plural kehuas or kehua)

  1. (New Zealand) A ghost; an evil spirit.
    • An old man explained to me, “The spirits of dead persons are afflicting such sufferers. These kehua control them. If the afflicted person survives he will be the medium of that [evil] spirit. Some people become demented when so affected.”1906, Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, page 228

Questions about kehuas

What is kehuas the plural of?
Kehuas is the plural of kehua.

Words near kehuas in the dictionary

  1. Kehrers
  2. Kehres
  3. Kehreses
  4. Kehrs
  5. kehua
  6. kehuas
  7. kehya
  8. kehyas
  9. Kehychivka
  10. kei
  11. Kei apple

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