mo'i
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "moi"
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]mo'i (plural mo'i)
- (Hawaii) A king or high chief.
- 1987, Helen Wong, Ann Rayson, Hawaii's Royal History, page 37:
- The two armies would draw up close to one another with each mō‘ī usually at the center.
- 2012, Julia Flynn Siler, Lost Kingdom, Grove Press, page 49:
- The king turned to a long-serving Hawaiian adviser and asked him to name the new mō‘ī, but he declined, saying they were all his ali‘i.