kahuna
pronunciation
How to pronounce kahuna in British English:
UK [kəˈhuːnə]
How to pronounce kahuna in American English:
US [ kəˈhuːnə]
Word Origin
- kahuna (n.)
- 1886, in a report in English by the Hawaiian government, which defines the word as "doctor and sorcerer," from Hawaiian, where it was applied as well to priests and navigators. In surfer slang, for "a god of surfing," it is attested from 1962 (but big kahuna in same sense is said to date from 1950s.
Example
- 1. I believe kahuna was with you , in spirit .
- 2. Vincent , you ever had a big kahuna burger ?
- 3. Over the last year nyse has nabbed linkedin , pandora media and yelp , with the end goal of attracting the big kahuna , facebook .
- 4. What about kahuna and the disk ?
- 5. We can become our superselves and help kahuna .