Etymology

kaona

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Today it means: A hidden or secondary meaning in Hawaiian poetry that can only be understood in cultural context; the use thereof. Full definition →

Hawaiian kaona
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  1. Hawaiian · borrowed fromkaona
  2. English todaykaona

Borrowed from Hawaiian kaona, from Proto-Central Eastern Polynesian *taoŋa "treasured possession".

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