lava-lava

British  

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of lava-lava

Samoan

Example Sentences

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

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

From Adventure by London, Jack

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 Maugham, W. Somerset (William Somerset)