naheka

Hawaiian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Hebrew נָחָשׁ (nakhásh) by Christian missionaries.[1]

Noun

naheka

  1. snake

See also

References

  1. ^ Krupa, Viktor (2004) “The Bible in Polynesia: Bridging the Cultural Distance”, in Religio‎[1], volume 12, number 1, page 54
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