kahu
Americannoun
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kahui
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The kahu kiwi was one of the farewell gifts presented by Māori leaders in 1900 to Dr George Cleghorn, a medical doctor who had been working in New Zealand.
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026
Spiritual leaders, or kahu, offered individual prayers during the hourlong ceremony.
From New York Times ● Jan. 28, 2024
I aku o Laieikawai i kona wahi kahu, "Pehea la kaua e ike ai i ke kane a'u a kuu kupunawahine i olelo mai nei?"
From The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai by Martha Warren Beckwith
I wept, but I took my brightest kahu ropa from the sandalwood chest my Menike man had given me, and I went down the path to the stream.
From White Shadows in the South Seas by Frederick O'Brien
Olelo aku kahi kahu, "Kaheaia ko kupunawahine, e hai mai i ke ano o keia ala."
From The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai by Martha Warren Beckwith
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