lavalava
See also: lava-lava
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Samoan lava-lava.
Noun
lavalava (plural lavalavas or lavalava)
- An everyday item of clothing traditionally worn by Polynesians and other Oceanic peoples, consisting of a single rectangular cloth worn as a skirt, secured around the waist by an overhand knotting of the upper corners.
- 1997, Michel Picard, Robert Everett Wood, Tourism, ethnicity, and the state in Asian and Pacific societies
- Some tourists buy Samoan identity merchandise as novelties, but most prefer sloganless items such as printed lavalavas.
- 1997, Michel Picard, Robert Everett Wood, Tourism, ethnicity, and the state in Asian and Pacific societies
Samoan
Noun
lavalava
- Alternative form of lava-lava