Etymology

kalo

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Today it means: taro (Colocasia esculenta) Full definition →

Hawaiian kalo
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  1. Hawaiian · borrowed fromkalo
  2. English todaykalo

Borrowed from Hawaiian kalo. Doublet of taro, from Maori.

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