- a variation of lavalava.
lava-lava
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of lava-lava
Samoan
Example Sentences
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Shelton wore a traditional Samoan skirt called a lava-lava, as a tribute to his heritage.
From Washington Times ● May 1, 2015
To celebrate his Samoan heritage, the Browns’ first-round pick dressed in a maroon lava-lava - a skirt - and a white-and-maroon vest and a red lei.
From Washington Times ● May 1, 2015
Tattooed clan chiefs wearing lava-lava skirts still stroll across the main square of Pago Pago just as they did when young Willie Maugham stopped off and scribbled the notes for Rain.
From Time Magazine Archive
He turned to the policeman who stood at the door, a picturesque figure in his white jacket and lava-lava, the loin cloth of the Samoan, and told him to bring kava.
From The Trembling of a Leaf Little Stories of the South Sea Islands by Maugham, W. Somerset (William Somerset)
Soon they were all splashing about, shouting and laughing, while Walker, in a lava-lava, swam to and fro like an unwieldy porpoise.
From The Trembling of a Leaf Little Stories of the South Sea Islands by Maugham, W. Somerset (William Somerset)
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