ali'i
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Hawaiian aliʻi, from Proto-Polynesian *qariki.
Noun
[edit]ali'i (plural ali'i)
- (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.
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[edit]Samoan
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Polynesian *qariki.
Noun
[edit]ali'i
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