different between yankee vs kahuna

English

Noun

yankee (plural yankees)

1. (nautical) A headsail resembling a genoa or a jib but with a high-cut clew, normally used together with a staysail. A sailing boat is typically equipped with three yankee sails of different sizes, number one being the largest.

Anagrams

• Keaney

French

Adjective

yankee (plural yankees)

1. Yankee (attributive)
2. (Louisiana) An Anglo-American, as opposed to someone with French ancestry; a native or inhabitant of the rest of the United States.

Spanish

Pronunciation

Adjective

yankee (plural yankees)

1. Alternative spelling of yanqui

Noun

yankee m or f (plural yankees)

1. Alternative spelling of yanqui

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