Etymology

leiomano

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Today it means: A paddle-like club with shark teeth set in it, used in various Polynesian cultures. Full definition →

Hawaiian lei o manō
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The story

  1. Hawaiian · borrowed fromlei o manō“a shark's lei”
  2. English todayleiomano

Borrowed from Hawaiian lei o manō (“a shark's lei”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.