Big Kahuna

In the Hawaiian language, kahuna means an important person or shaman. In English, the big kahuna is the boss or person in charge.

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WorD: Big Kahuna

English is excellent at acquiring words from other languages.

Today we have one from Hawaii.

In the Hawaiian language, kahuna means an important person or shaman (medicine man).

When we speak English, we are not speaking just one language; we are speaking almost every language in the world, or at least some parts of every language.

In English, the big kahuna is the boss or the person in charge of something.

When you go to work this morning, they are the people, even a little person, who are running your kitchen, office, factory, company, or home.

Your size doesn’t matter.

All you need to make you the big kahuna is power or responsibility.



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