lomilomi

L1O1M3I1L1O1M3I1

noun

A traditional form of Hawaiian massage.

OriginHawaiian lomilomi →
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Meanings

nounlomilomi (uncountable)
  1. HawaiiuncountableA traditional form of Hawaiian massage.
verblomilomi (third-person singular simple present lomilomis, present participle lomilomiing, simple past and past participle lomilomied)

present singular third person lomilomis · participle present lomilomiing · participle past lomilomied · past lomilomied

  1. HawaiirareTo massage.

    During a church service at Kawaiaha‘o, she once walked to the rear of the church, lay on her back, and called a native Hawaiian boy of about eight years old over to her, commanding him to lomilomi her abdomen with his feet.

    2012, Julia Flynn Siler, Lost Kingdom, Grove Press, page 99

Origin

  1. Hawaiianlomilomi
  2. Englishlomilomi

From Hawaiian lomilomi, reduplication of lomi (“to rub with the hand”).

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APA

lomilomi. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lomilomi

MLA

“lomilomi.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lomilomi. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lomilomi,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lomilomi.

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