Etymology

ali'i

Today it means: A member of a noble Hawaiian family. Full definition →

Hawaiian aliʻi ← Proto-Polynesian *qariki
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The story

  1. Proto-Polynesian*qariki
  2. Hawaiianaliʻi
  3. English todayali'i

Borrowed from Hawaiian aliʻi, from Proto-Polynesian *qariki.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.