akalau

Hawaiian

Etymology

From Proto-Eastern Polynesian *ata-rau, from *ata (“shadow”) + *rau (“hundred”). Cognate with Maori atarau (“moonlight”).

Noun

akalau

  1. The ghost of a living person.

Further reading

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