The story
- Hawaiian · calque ofhuakaʻi pō
- English todaynightmarcher
From night + marcher. Calque of Hawaiian huakaʻi pō.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: In Hawaiian folklore, a ghost of an ancient Hawaiian warrior who marches together with other such ghosts on certain sacred nights from their burial sites or the ocean to the sites of ancient battles or sacred places. Full definition →
From night + marcher. Calque of Hawaiian huakaʻi pō.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.