Luau - Wiktionary

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English

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Performers at a commercial luau

Alternative forms

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  • lūʻau

Etymology

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From Hawaiian lūʻau. Replaced earlier paina (from pāʻina) and ahaaina (from ʻahaʻaina).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈlu.aʊ/

Noun

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luau (plural luaus or luau)

  1. An elaborate Hawaiian feast featuring traditional foods and entertainment.
    • 2012, Julia Flynn Siler, Lost Kingdom, Grove Press, published 2012, page 13:Other Americans and Europeans also made their way into court, drawn by its brilliant pageants and lavish lū‘au, or feasts.
    • 2014 July 7, Hermione Hoby, “Mike Myers: why I made a film about supermensch Shep Gordon”, in The Guardian‎[1]:MM: No secrets for him because he's the king of Hawaii. And so he said, "Do you want to come to a luau with Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger and Whoopi Goldberg?"

Translations

[edit] elaborate Hawaiian feast
  • French: luau (fr) m
  • Hawaiian: lūʻau
  • Portuguese: luau (pt) m

See also

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  • hula

Further reading

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  • lūʻau on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • Pukui, Mary Kawena; Samuel H. Elbert (1986), Hawaiian Dictionary, Honolulu: University of Hawai‘i Press, →ISBN, p. 214

Anagrams

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  • ulua

Portuguese

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English luau, from Hawaiian lūʻau

Pronunciation

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  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /luˈaw/ [lʊˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /ˈlwaw/ [ˈlwaʊ̯]
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈlwaw/
  • Rhymes: -aw
  • Hyphenation: lu‧au

Noun

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luau m (plural luaus)

  1. luau (elaborate Hawaiian feast)
  2. (by extension) An informal gathering on the beach (usually at night) with live music, drinks, often a bonfire, etc.

Further reading

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  • “luau”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
  • “luau”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
  • “luau”, in Dicio – Dicionário Online de Português (in Portuguese), São Paulo: 7Graus, 2009–2026

Romanian

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Verb

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luau

  1. third-person plural imperfect of lua ei luau ― they took

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