Hale Kuamo‘o Mo‘ohua “Word of the Week”: Kahuna
Once a week during the school year, a single ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi word is introduced along with its meaning and an example sentence of its usage. This week’s word is kahuna.
Each week during the school year, Hale Kuamoʻo, the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo’s Hawaiian Language Center, posts a new “Word of the Week” as part of a series of short videos called Moʻohua.
Once a week, a single ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi (Hawaiian language) word is introduced along with its meaning and an example sentence of its usage.
This week’s word is kahuna.
Greetings to all! “Kahuna” is this week’s word. Here’s what it means. A kahuna is a knowledgeable person in a particular field who has a specialized set of skills that can include the art of warfare and other types of utilitarian knowledge. This is how to use kahuna in a sentence: “Holoʻae” was the kahuna who selected Kamehameha’s military instructors.” That’s all, aloha!
