The story
- Hawaiian · borrowed frommaoli
- English todayMaoli
Senses 1 and 2 are borrowed from Hawaiian maoli. Compare Maori (the indigenous people in New Zealand).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
maoli
Today it means: A species of very tall, dark green-stemmed banana native to Polynesia, having large bunches of long, round fruits with dark-colored flesh. Full definition →
Hawaiian maoli