Meaning of maoli | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A native of the Polynesian people who settled Hawaii.
2. A species of very tall, dark green-stemmed banana native to Polynesia, having large bunches of long, round fruits with dark-colored flesh.
3. A religious sect of central India.

Examples

“I believe that the maoli wahines, with their passion for personal adornment, would not have forgotten the flower seeds, and it was their forethought that enabled them in their adopted home to have the leis of ilima and kou they had been accustomed to wear in Samoa and Tahiti.”

“Genocide. Flooding the valleys and stripping the limu clean from the rocks Sweeping away the 'opae from the streams the ulu from the land and the maoli from the earth.”

“This is an important cultural difference of interpretation between London as a haole writer and Sheldon as a maoli writer.”

“As a woman hoping to “make sense” and potentially revision this most sticky issue from the awareness of a woman, though not necessarily a maoli (native), I would hope that the points that I am bringing up in passing will ...”

“Kaneiakama's spirit companion instructed him what to do, how to place the sacrificial pig, coconuts, red fish, bananas of the maoli variety and other offerings at the foot of a tree that was entered by one of the male gods.”

“[He could choose] light-colored varieties of bananas such as the ha'a, iholena, loha, and lele; or dark-colored varieties such as the maoli, kahtki, puhi, koa'e, malei'ula, 'eke'ula, kaualau, popo'ulu, aulena, and others.”

“This banana resembles the "maoli" in general appearance. Its fruit is shorter and quite large in size.”

“The Maolis were very polite. I was assured by a member of the House of Representatives that the native race is not decreasing, but actually increasing slightly.”

“When the Hawaiians came to the islands they brought with them plants which extend throughout Polynesia into Malaysia and have accompanied the Maoli race in all their migrations, yielding them food, intoxicating beverage, material for cloth, rope and other domestic and religious paraphernalia.”

“I have come across different concepts, and I'm curious about this wording for justice. So I wonder what is the meaning, what is the concept of justice in the Maoli language.”

“At the heart of these issues are Maoli bodies and culture – two inextricably linked forms of commodity production from which both tourism and the prison industries extract value and capital.”

“In the recent effort of the Hawaiian Fruit and Taro Co. to preserve bananas for export, the Iholena and Maoli — having more of the mealy qualities — were found to be the best for this purpose, while the China banana seemed to have no drying qualities at all, but usually melted away to a pulp.”

“Ka-ua-lau has fruit that looks like Maoli, except that when immature the dark green skin is speckled with light green spots which resemble fine raindrops, hence the name meaning "many little raindrops."”

“The varieties of those bananas are the Maoli, lholena and Popolu types.”

“On the Pratipada (or the following day) the kalasthapna ceremony is performed by the Chief himself in the Maoli temple.”

“The Maoli clan worships a goddess at a shrine which women may not approach.”

“Shivaji's childhood was spent among the Maoli peasant boys.”

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