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Maoli
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maoli máolì
English
Alternative forms
en maoli
Etymology
Senses 1 and 2 are borrowed from en haw maoli. Compare en Maori the indigenous people in New Zealand.
Noun
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A native of the Polynesian people who settled Hawaii.
The Maolis were very polite. I was assured by a member of the House of Representatives that the native race is not decreasing, but actually increasing slightly.
en 1901 The Planter and Sugar Manufacturer - Volume 26 107 When the Hawaiians came to the islands they brought with them plants which extend throughout Polynesia into Malaysia and have accompanied the Maoli race in all their migrations, yielding them food, intoxicating beverage, material for cloth, rope and other domestic and religious paraphernalia.
en 2004 Islands in captivity: the record of the International Tribunal on the Rights of Indigenous Hawaiians Ward Churchill; Sharon Helen Venne; Lilikalā Kameʻeleihiwa I have come across different concepts, and I'm curious about this wording for justice. So I wonder what is the meaning, what is the concept of justice in the Maoli language.
en 2017 Gendering the Trans-Pacific World Catherine Ceniza Choy; Judy Tzu-Chun Wu 143 9004336109 At the heart of these issues are Maoli bodies and culture – two inextricably linked forms of commodity production from which both tourism and the prison industries extract value and capital.
en maoli (type of banana).
en 1889 Hawaiian Almanac and Annual for 1890 - Volumes 16-19 81 In the recent effort of the Hawaiian Fruit and Taro Co. to preserve bananas for export, the Iholena and Maoli — having more of the mealy qualities — were found to be the best for this purpose, while the China banana seemed to have no drying qualities at all, but usually melted away to a pulp.
en 1940 The Hawaiian Planter - Volume 1 Edward Smith; Craighill Handy 175 Ka-ua-lau has fruit that looks like Maoli, except that when immature the dark green skin is speckled with light green spots which resemble fine raindrops, hence the name meaning "many little raindrops."
en 1996 Gardening in Hawaii Peggy Hickok Hodge 95 The varieties of those bananas are the Maoli, lholena and Popolu types.
A religious sect of central India.
en 1909 Central Provinces district gazetteers - Volume 23 44 On the Pratipada (or the following day) the kalasthapna ceremony is performed by the Chief himself in the Maoli temple.
en 1910 Totemism and Exogamy: 3. An ethnographical survey of totemism Sir James George Frazer The Maoli clan worships a goddess at a shrine which women may not approach.
en 1995 Inside India Mijānura Rahamāna Mijāna 243 Shivaji's childhood was spent among the Maoli peasant boys.
Derived terms
en Kanaka Maoli
Anagrams
en ailmo mailo
en doublets