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  • They brought Hawaiian into the modern world by inventing words such as huna hohoki, for neutron, and wikiō, for video.

    languagehat.com: BRINGING BACK HAWAIIAN. 2004

  • Readers may be interested in a recent post by William Patry, author of the 7-volume treatise on copyright, on the subject Oregon goes wacka wacka huna kuna.

    Boing Boing 2008

  • The Hawaiians believe that the principles of huna contain the secrets to a happy and successful life.

    Fiction Writing: Find the Spirit of Aloha Harry 2008

  • Serge Kahili King [2] wrote about using huna as part of modern-day spirituality in his book, The Urban Shaman.

    Fiction Writing: Find the Spirit of Aloha Harry 2008

  • Kha nyambedzano dzashu ro tenda uri naho huna zwinzhi zwe ra zwi swikela minwahani ya 11 yo fhiraho ri kha di vha na mushumo munzhi une ra tea u u ita phanda ha musi ri tshi nga fhelisa masiandoitwa a colonialism na apartheid.

    MAIPFI A MUPHURESIDENNDE WA AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS VHO-THABO MBEKI, MAFHELONI A NATIONAL GENERAL COUNCIL YA VHUVHILI TSHWANE 2005

  • Hu-ussire suisui maigehu; hakika suisui kahiri huna-mu-ussira kulla mutu akos saye zuluyehu.

    International Miscellany of Literature, Art and Science, Vol. 1, No. 3, Oct. 1, 1850 Various

  • A no ka lilo ana o Laieikawai i wahine mau ma ka berita paa, nolaila, haawiia ae la ia ia kekahi mau hana mana a pau ma ke ano Akua, e like me kana kane; koe nae ka mana hiki ole ke ike i na mea huna, a me na hana pohihihi i hanaia ma kahi mamao, no kana kane wale no.

    The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915

  • A heaha la oukou i maka'u ai; a nolaila, ke hai aku nei wau ia oukou, ina i hopo oukou no kela malihini, alaila, e huna oukou i ko oukou mau maka i ke aouli, aia a lohe aku oukou ua lanakila o Ihuanu, alaila, hoomanao oukou i kuu puupuu ia Kanikapiha, ka ai a ke kumu i ao oleia ia oukou.

    The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915

  • Ma keia hoopauia ana o ua o Ulili ma, manao iho la laua, e hai i na mea huna i papaia ia laua e ko laua haku, nolaila, ua hooko laua i ka laua mea i ohumu ai, aia ma ka Mokuna XVIII, kakou e ike ai.

    The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915

  • A no keia olelo a Waka i ka mea waa mamuli o kana noi, alaila, hoike pau loa ae la o Laieikawai ia ia mai kona hunaia ana, no ka mea, ua lohe aku la o Laieikawai i ka olelo a kona kupunawahine, o Laieikawai no ka makemake e huna ia ia; aka, ua, makemake ole keia e huna.

    The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915

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