Where does “kahuna” come from?

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

kahuna (Hawaiian): priest, sorcerer, magician, minister, wizard;...

Definitions

  1. priest, sorcerer, magician, minister, wizard;...

Ancestry of “kahuna”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hawaiian-naCommon nominalizing suffix, sometimes with...
2Proto-Polynesian-ŋa

Words derived from “kahuna

Every word from Proto-Polynesian -ŋaEvery word from Hawaiian -na
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