men’s loin garment, made from a strip of bark-cloth

Feinberg 1977

a species of tree, paper mulberry; beaten cloth of the maro (the bark was soaked in water an then beaten out, and later painted in gay colors and used as a sling to carry a child, or as a loincloth); a loincloth

Fox, C. 1970

the paper mulberry, Broussonetia papyrifera, hence the native cloth made from it, and the former native male dress, a piece of #malo passed between the thighs and fastened with a girdle; if not passed between the legs it is #i sulu

Capell 1968

cloth girdle used during ceremonies; menstrual cloth

a tree, it bark is used to make G-strings and blankets; loincloth made from the bark of #mal

Mager 1952

men’s bark loincloth; clothing

Lincoln 1977

male’s loincloth; chant in praise of a chief’s loincloth; leaf sheath that protects the young leaves of the breadfruit tree

Pukui and Elbert 1971

loincloth; traditionally used in times of war, now replaced by the #laplap

Wivell 1981

clothing

girdle

bark belt

Böhm 1975

a sort of kilt or apron worn by males and females; material (moss, lichen, etc.) used by a woman at certain periods; to put on, as a #maro

Williams 1971

a tree, probably a mulberry; the girdle of leaves and flowers used by #tamate (members of the ‘ghost’ society)

Codrington and Palmer 1896

waist belt or cloth; menstrual cloth; baby’s napkin

McEwen 1970

war girdle

McEwen 1970

clothes, cloth

Carroll and Soulik 1973

shirt

Carroll and Soulik 1973

a waist girdle, the ancient loincloth or waist wrap; various kinds were used in ancient days

Savage 1980

the sacred crimson girdle, generally worn by the #ariki or members of an #ariki family

Savage 1980

special waist cloth or girdle worn only by women during the period of menses --- a menstrual girdle

Savage 1980

to put on or wear, as a sarong; sarong

Elbert 1975

loincloth

Milner 1966

bark cloth, and especially the inner bark of the breadfruit tree, beaten and used as cloth, although many other species are used; mourning band of bark cloth worn around the neck or on the upper arm by female mourners

Bell 1977

shoulder sling for carrying a baby, made of bark cloth

Bell 1977

species of small tree, Brousonnetia papyrifera, the bark of which is used for making cloth; native cloth made from this bark; cloth, waist-cloth, loin-cloth, clothing, clothes (in general); to wear cloth or clothes, be dressed

breech cloth of plaited pandanus leaves; menstrual pad

stage in boy’s life when #malo must be worn; a boy who has reached this stage

kind of tree the bark of which was formerly used to make loincloths

Collins n.d.

loincloth

Drabbe 1932a

pounded tree bark; clothing of same

Maan 1940

loincloth (originally of pounded tree bark)

van Hasselt and van Hasselt 1947