different between american vs kahuna

Friulian

Adjective

american

1. American

Occitan

Pronunciation

Adjective

american m (feminine singular americana, masculine plural americans, feminine plural americanas)

1. American

Related terms

• America

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a?me.ri?kan/

Adjective

american m or n (feminine singular american?, masculine plural americani, feminine and neuter plural americane)

1. American

Declension

Noun

american m (plural americani, feminine equivalent americanc?)

1. an American man

Declension

Venetian

Adjective

american m (feminine singular americana, masculine plural americani, feminine plural americane)

1. American

Synonyms

• merican

Related terms

• Amèrica

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Hawaiian kahuna (“shaman, wizard”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /k??hu?n?/
• Rhymes: -u?n?

Noun

kahuna (plural kahunas or kahuna)

1. (Hawaii) A priest or priestess of the traditional Hawaiian religion.
   • 2012, Julia Flynn Siler, Lost Kingdom, Grove Press, p. 230:

     They were k?huna, practitioners of the old Hawaiian religion, apparently offering themselves as sacrifices to appease the gods so that the queen would be restored.

2. (surfing) A great surfer.

Derived terms

• big kahuna

Anagrams

• Hanuka

Hawaiian

Etymology

Compound of kahu (“guardian, master”) +? -na (nominalizing suffix; compare Maori -nga).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka?hu.na/, [k??hun?]

Noun

kahuna (irregular plural k?huna)

1. priest, sorcerer, magician, minister, wizard
2. expert in any profession (doctors, surgeons, dentists were referred to as such in the 1845 laws)

Derived terms

• ho?okahuna