Hawaiian Word of the Day: December 16th

By Leilani Poliʻahu

Published December 16, 2024 at 12:00 AM HST

Mōʻī means king, sovereign, monarch. And mōʻī followed by the word wahine means queen. The word mōʻī is of recent origin, and may be used by itself to mean a monarch of either gender.

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