Where does “kahuna” come from?

kahuna (English) comes from Hawaiian kahuna, from Hawaiian -na, from Proto-Polynesian -ŋa.

kahuna (English): A priest or priestess of the traditional Hawaiian...

Definitions

  1. A priest or priestess of the traditional Hawaiian...

Ancestry of “kahuna”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hawaiiankahunapriest, sorcerer, magician, minister, wizard;...
2Hawaiian-naCommon nominalizing suffix, sometimes with...
3Proto-Polynesian-ŋa—

Words derived from “kahuna”

Every word from Proto-Polynesian -ŋa →Every word from Hawaiian -na →Every word from Hawaiian kahuna →