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mo'i
mo'i
English
Noun
mo'i (plural mo'i)
- (Hawaii) A king or high chief.
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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.
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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.
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1987, Helen Wong, Ann Rayson, Hawaii's Royal History, p. 37: