Standard Lemma guide
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noun
A three-ply braid incorporating additional materials, used in making lei.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Hawaii
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noun
The yellowtail amberjack (Seriola lalandi).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: New-Zealand
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History
Etymology tree Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *batuʀ Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *batuʀ Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *batuʀ Proto-Oceanic *patu(ʀ) Proto-Polynesian *fatu Hawaiian hakubor. English haku Borrowed from Hawaiian haku (“to braid a lei”).
Borrowed from Māori haku.
