mo'i

See also: moi, MOI, möi, mọi, mới, mỗi, and mōʻī

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Hawaiian mōʻī.

Noun

mo'i (plural mo'i)

1. (Hawaii) A king or high chief.
   • 1987, Helen Wong, Ann Rayson, Hawaii's Royal History, p. 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, p. 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.

Anagrams

• IMO, IOM, Mio, imo, omi