ali'i

See also: alii, aliʻi, and Ali'i

English

Etymology

From Hawaiian aliʻi, from Proto-Polynesian *qariki.

Noun

ali'i (plural ali'i)

  1. (Hawaii, now historical) A member of a noble Hawaiian family.
    • 2012, Julia Flynn Siler, Lost Kingdom, Grove Press, page xx:
      The chiefs also conscripted the commoners into armies and for countless years, warfare periodically erupted among rival ali‘i, who fought over land, fishing rights, and perceived insults.

Anagrams

Samoan

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *qariki.

Noun

ali'i

  1. noble

See also

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