Lava-lava Definition

lävə-lävə
noun
A loincloth or skirt of printed cloth, traditionally worn by men and women of the South Sea islands.
Webster's New World

Origin of Lava-lava

  • Samoan lāvalava to put on clothes, clothes from reduplication of Proto-Polynesian lawa to bind

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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