Etymology

maile

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Today it means: A flowering Hawaiian vine (Alyxia stellata), of the genus Alyxia, used to make lei. Full definition →

Hawaiian maile ← Proto-Polynesian *maile
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maile · noun1

  1. Proto-Polynesian*maile
  2. Hawaiianmaile
  3. English todaymaile

Borrowed from Hawaiian maile.

maile · noun2

Variant of mail.

Maile · proper noun3

  1. Hawaiian · borrowed fromMaile
  2. English todayMaile

From Hawaiian Maile, from maile (“maile, a flowering Hawaiian vine”).

Maile · proper noun4

  1. German · borrowed fromMaile
  2. English todayMaile

* From German Maile, from Alemannic dialect maile (“small pasture”), as a name for a small farmer. * A variant of Maul, as a nickname for someone with a prominent mouth. * From a short form of an ancient Germanic given name with māc, māge (“relative kinsman”) as the first element. * A variant of Male.

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