English
lomilomi
Lomilomi comes from Hawaiian lomi ‘to rub with the hand’.
- Hawaiianmodernlomi‘to rub with the hand’
- Hawaiian, derivedmodernlomilomireduplication of lomi
- Englishearliest quotation 2012same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history not traced here.
Lineage
- Hawaiianmodernlomi‘to rub with the hand’
- Hawaiian, derivedmodernlomilomireduplication of lomi
- Englishearliest quotation 2012same form
Earliest quotation: 2012, Julia Flynn Siler, Lost Kingdom: “During a church service at Kawaiaha‘o, she once walked…”
Every English word from Hawaiian lomi
Today it means
noun A traditional form of Hawaiian massage.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Hawaiian lomi / lomilomi