mālolo

See also: malolo

Hawaiian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *maalolo (“flying fish”). Cognate with Maori māroro, Samoan mālolo.

Noun

mālolo

  1. flying fish
  2. (figurative) fickle person who leaps from mate to mate

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