lava-lava

noun

1. a draped skirtlike garment of printed cotton or calico worn by Polynesians

Word History and Origins

Origin of lava-lava¹

Samoan

Example Sentences

From the fact that each was attired in a new, snow-white lava-lava, Sheldon knew that they were recruits.

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All the men wore trousers, for the Church has decided that the lava-lava is indecent.

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I am wearing only a lava-lava, and this faint sea-breeze blowing over me almost makes me forget the engines and their troubles.

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He lived in a grass house, ate native goods, wore no other clothing than the native lava-lava.

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Old Oti's pride had been touched, for he suddenly stripped down his lava-lava and showed me the unmistakable scar of a bullet.

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