kahu
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Spiritual leaders, or kahu, offered individual prayers during the hourlong ceremony.
From New York Times ● Jan. 28, 2024
"Nolaila, e kali oe pela, e hea ae au i ke kahu manu o olua, a nana kaua e lawe aku a komo i ka pea kapu o kukulu o Tahiti."
From The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai by Beckwith, Martha Warren
It is said to have been the joint composition of the high chief Keiki-o-ewa of Kauai, at one time the kahu of Prince Moses, and of Kapihe, a distinguished poet--haku-mele--and prophet.
From Unwritten Literature of Hawaii The Sacred Songs of the Hula by Emerson, Nathaniel Bright
Olelo aku kahi kahu, "Kaheaia ko kupunawahine, e hai mai i ke ano o keia ala."
From The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai by Beckwith, Martha Warren
I hou aku keia i kahi kahu, "Eia hou no keia ala, he wahi ala nohea hoi keia."
From The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai by Beckwith, Martha Warren
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