- a variation of lavalava.
lava-lava
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of lava-lava
Samoan
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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
Shelton wore a traditional Samoan skirt called a lava-lava, as a tribute to his heritage.
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
The captain, slouch-hatted and barelegged, with a rolling twist hitched the faded blue lava-lava tighter around his waist and spat tobacco juice overside.
From A Son Of The Sun by Jack London
The upper part of his body was naked, but to show that he was no longer a savage, since he had lived in Apia, he wore a pair of dungarees instead of a lava-lava.
From The Trembling of a Leaf Little Stories of the South Sea Islands by W. Somerset (William Somerset) Maugham
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