KĀHUNA

KAHUNA

• 1. Priest, sorcerer, magician, wizard, minister, expert in any profession (whether male or female); in the 1845 laws doctors, surgeons, and dentists were called kahuna

• Kāhuna – plural of kahuna

• Ka huna – secret

• Kahu – guardian, keeper

KĀHUNA

• Kahuna nui – high priest, advisor

• Kahuna pule – religious, spiritual kahuna

Mo`okini Heiau in Kohala, Hawai`i

KAHUNA • Kahuna lā`au lapa`au – healing

• Kahuna kāula – foretold events

• Kahuna kilo hōkū – studies the stars

• Kahuna kilokilo/kilo honua – reads signs in the earth

• Kahuna `anā`anā – prayed people to death

KAHUNA LĀ`AU LAPA`AU

• E uku `ia ke kanaka ki`i lā`au, he luhi kona i ka hele `anaThe man who goes to fetch medicinal herbs is to be paid – the trip he makes is labor

KAHUNA LĀ`AU LAPA`AU

• Kahuna hāhā – diagnosis

• Kahuna lomilomi – massage

• Kahuna koholua – minor surgery

• Kahuna ha`i iwi – bone specialist

• Kahuna ho`ohānau – birthing

KAHUNA KĀULA

KAHUNA KILO HŌKŪ

KAHUNA KILOKILO/KILO HONUA

KAHUNA `ANĀ`ANĀ

`ŌLELO NO`EAU

• I ka `ōlelo nō ke ola, i ka `ōlelo nō ka makeLife is in speech; death is in speechWords can heal; words can destroy

• Aia ke ola i ka waha; aia ka make i ka waha

Life is in the mouth; death is in the mouth

Spoken words can enliven; spoken words can destroy

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