The story
- Hawaiian · borrowed fromlimu“moss”
- English todaylimu
Borrowed from Hawaiian limu (“moss”). Doublet of rimu, from Maori rimu, which also comes from the same source.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
limu
li·muToday it means: Any of various kinds of edible algae, which form an important part of the traditional Hawaiian diet. Full definition →
Hawaiian limu