"kahuna" meaning in Hawaiian

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Noun

IPA: /kaˈhu.na/, [kəˈhu.nə] Forms: kāhuna [irregular, plural]
Etymology: Compound of kahu (“guardian, master”) + -na (nominalizing suffix; compare Maori -nga). Etymology templates: {{cog|mi|-nga}} Maori -nga, {{affix|haw|kahu|-na|pos2=nominalizing suffix; compare Maori <i class="Latn mention" lang="mi">-nga</i>|t1=guardian, master}} kahu (“guardian, master”) + -na (nominalizing suffix; compare Maori -nga) Head templates: {{head|haw|noun|irregular plural|kāhuna}} kahuna (irregular plural kāhuna)
  1. priest, sorcerer, magician, minister, wizard
    Sense id: en-kahuna-haw-noun-850eHCBg
  2. expert in any profession (doctors, surgeons, dentists were referred to as such in the 1845 laws)
    Sense id: en-kahuna-haw-noun-ZEai-9-D Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Hawaiian entries with incorrect language header, Hawaiian terms suffixed with -na Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 11 35 6 47 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 10 43 5 42 Disambiguation of Hawaiian entries with incorrect language header: 13 87 Disambiguation of Hawaiian terms suffixed with -na: 26 74
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: hoʻokahuna

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "hoʻokahuna"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "kahuna",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: kahuna",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: kahuna"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mi",
        "2": "-nga"
      },
      "expansion": "Maori -nga",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "haw",
        "2": "kahu",
        "3": "-na",
        "pos2": "nominalizing suffix; compare Maori <i class=\"Latn mention\" lang=\"mi\">-nga</i>",
        "t1": "guardian, master"
      },
      "expansion": "kahu (“guardian, master”) + -na (nominalizing suffix; compare Maori -nga)",
      "name": "affix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Compound of kahu (“guardian, master”) + -na (nominalizing suffix; compare Maori -nga).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "kāhuna",
      "tags": [
        "irregular",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "haw",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "irregular plural",
        "4": "kāhuna"
      },
      "expansion": "kahuna (irregular plural kāhuna)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Hawaiian",
  "lang_code": "haw",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "priest, sorcerer, magician, minister, wizard"
      ],
      "id": "en-kahuna-haw-noun-850eHCBg",
      "links": [
        [
          "priest",
          "priest"
        ],
        [
          "sorcerer",
          "sorcerer"
        ],
        [
          "magician",
          "magician"
        ],
        [
          "minister",
          "minister"
        ],
        [
          "wizard",
          "wizard"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "11 35 6 47",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "10 43 5 42",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "13 87",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hawaiian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "26 74",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hawaiian terms suffixed with -na",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "expert in any profession (doctors, surgeons, dentists were referred to as such in the 1845 laws)"
      ],
      "id": "en-kahuna-haw-noun-ZEai-9-D",
      "links": [
        [
          "expert",
          "expert"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kaˈhu.na/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kəˈhu.nə]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "kahuna"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Hawaiian entries with incorrect language header",
    "Hawaiian lemmas",
    "Hawaiian nouns",
    "Hawaiian terms suffixed with -na",
    "Hawaiian terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "hoʻokahuna"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "kahuna",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: kahuna",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: kahuna"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mi",
        "2": "-nga"
      },
      "expansion": "Maori -nga",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "haw",
        "2": "kahu",
        "3": "-na",
        "pos2": "nominalizing suffix; compare Maori <i class=\"Latn mention\" lang=\"mi\">-nga</i>",
        "t1": "guardian, master"
      },
      "expansion": "kahu (“guardian, master”) + -na (nominalizing suffix; compare Maori -nga)",
      "name": "affix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Compound of kahu (“guardian, master”) + -na (nominalizing suffix; compare Maori -nga).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "kāhuna",
      "tags": [
        "irregular",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "haw",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "irregular plural",
        "4": "kāhuna"
      },
      "expansion": "kahuna (irregular plural kāhuna)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Hawaiian",
  "lang_code": "haw",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "priest, sorcerer, magician, minister, wizard"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "priest",
          "priest"
        ],
        [
          "sorcerer",
          "sorcerer"
        ],
        [
          "magician",
          "magician"
        ],
        [
          "minister",
          "minister"
        ],
        [
          "wizard",
          "wizard"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "expert in any profession (doctors, surgeons, dentists were referred to as such in the 1845 laws)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "expert",
          "expert"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kaˈhu.na/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kəˈhu.nə]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "kahuna"
}

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