Skip to main content

kahuna

/kuh-hoo-nuh/US // kəˈhu nə //

卡纳,卡纳河

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a native medicine man or priest.

Examples

  • Big Kahuna Burger is a fictional chain of Hawaiian-themed fast food burger joints out in Los Angeles dreamed up by Tarantino.

  • That Tarantino never opened a real-life Big Kahuna Burger out in L.A. seems like a huge missed opportunity.

  • Which brings us to The Expendables 3—the big kahuna of boarding.

  • NBCC president John Freeman made the introduction: “And now to announce the big kahuna…” The crowd hissed.

  • When a Kanaka has endured an injury he hires a kahuna to pray his enemy to death.

  • The kahuna tells him that his conduct has displeased some god or goddess and that he must die.

  • The sacerdotal order had its origin in Paao, whose descendants have always been regarded as the Kahuna maoli.

  • The Kahunaanaana and the Kahunalapaau have never been considered as belonging to the high caste of Kahuna maoli.

  • The many known examples of their criminal use inclines us to believe that these kahuna were rather poisoners than magicians.