How to pronounce“maoli”in English
Over the course of the next century this new western, Christian ideology slowly replaced the traditions and culture of many Native Hawaiians,
also known as Kanaka Maoli or Kanaka.
The missionaries and businessmen became advisors to the monarchs who then suppressed Hawaiian language, healing practices, navigation arts, and even traditional forms of hula.
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Definitions of “maoli”
A species of very tall, dark green-stemmed banana native to Polynesia, having large bunches of long, round fruits with dark-colored flesh.
“Kaneiakama's spirit companion instructed him what to do, how to place the sacrificial pig, coconuts, red fish, bananas of the maoli variety and other offerings at the foot of a tree that was entered by one of the male gods.”