Etymology

kupuna

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Today it means: A grandparent or elder. Full definition →

Hawaiian kupuna
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  1. Hawaiian · borrowed fromkupuna
  2. English todaykupuna

From Hawaiian kupuna.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.