Meaning of kahili | Babel Free

Definitions

A feather standard mounted on a pole, as traditionally used in Hawaii on ceremonial occasions.

Hawaii

Examples

“A dozen or more of these gaudy kahilis were upheld by pallbearers.”

“Mourners carried a hundred or more kāhili, some highly unusual or old or with special names, such as the malulani (shade of the heavens), a handsome large kāhili of black ostrich feathers.”

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