naheka

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Hawaiian

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Etymology

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

Noun

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naheka

  1. snake

Associated term

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References

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