Etymology

mahu

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Today it means: A person of the third gender, having traditional spiritual and social roles in the cultures of Hawaii and Tahiti. Full definition →

Hawaiian māhū
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The story

  1. Hawaiian · borrowed frommāhū
  2. English todaymahu

From Hawaiian māhū.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.