Etymology

pakalolo

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Today it means: Cannabis marihuana; dagga; ganja; the flowers of the hemp plant, used as smoking material in cigarettes or pipes. Full definition →

Hawaiian paka
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  1. Hawaiian · borrowed frompaka“tobacco”
  2. English todaypakalolo

From Hawaiian paka (“tobacco”) + lōlō (“numbing”).

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