naio

From Hawaiian naio.

• (US, UK) enPR: nīō, IPA^(key): /ˈnaɪoʊ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈnʌɪəʊ/

naio

1. Myoporum sandwicense, a flowering plant in the figwort family.

• AION, Aino, Aion, Inoa, Iona, naoi, onia

From Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *ŋaio. Compare North Marquesan kaiʻo (“small parasitic worm or grub”), Maori ngaio (“small grub, horsehair worm”).

naio

1. pinworm
2. white specks in faeces
3. larva
4. inferior taro, discarded in the field after harvest
5. type of seaweed

From Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *ŋaio. Compare Rarotongan ngāio (“Myoporum wilderi”), Tuamotuan ngaio (“Myoporum stokesii”), Rapa Nui ngaio (“Myoporum rapense”), Maori ngaio (“Myoporum laetum”).

naio

1. (botany) false sandalwood (Myoporum sandwicense), a flowering plant in the figwort family
2. (in general) Myoporum trees

• ʻaʻaka

• naio in Combined Hawaiian Dictionary, at trussel2.com.