¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Kahunas
1. kahuna [n] - See also: kahuna
Lexicographical Neighbors of Kahunas
Literary usage of Kahunas
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Residence of Twenty-one Years in the Sandwich Islands: Or, The Civil by Hiram Bingham (1849)
"That the kahunas have power to fill, temporarily, all vacancies that may occur
in consequence of the death, absence, or loss of office of any of the ..."
2. Annual Report of the Hawaiian Historical Society by Hawaiian Historical Society (1918)
"II 36 Sundry prayers; medical kahunas. 18 37 Medical kahunas continued. 25 38
List of remedies for ailments; instances in aid of offspring; Haha kahunas. ..."
3. Hawaii nei (1899)
"They will even deny that the old kahunas were ever sincere. ... The kahunas were
revered like other men who have the power of life and death. ..."
4. History of the Hawaiian Islands: Embracing Their Antiquities, Mythology by James Jackson Jarves (1847)
"That the kahunas have power to fill temporarily all vacancies that may occur in
consequence of the death, absence, or loss of office of any of the ..."
5. Hawaiian Antiquities (Moolelo Hawaii) by David Malo (1903)
"Again the kahunas from within the house called out, Welcome to you, O Lono!
and the people with the idol answered, moving on, ..."
6. Myths & Legends of Our New Possessions & Protectorate by Charles Montgomery Skinner (1899)
"If an apology and a couple of dollars fail to soften the enemy, or if the kahunas
believe they can raise the stake to three dollars by toiling a while ..."
7. Hawaii and Its People: The Land of Rainbow and Palm by Alexander Stevenson Twombly (1899)
"Some of the leading physicians of Honolulu account in part for the rapid decrease
of the native population, by the fact that so many resort to kahunas in ..."
Other Resources:
