Etymology

pilau

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Hawaiian pilau
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  1. Hawaiian · borrowed frompilau
  2. Hawaiian · borrowed frompilau
  3. English todaypilau

Borrowed from Hawaiian pilau (“putrid”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.