lomilomi

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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verb

"During a church service at Kawaiaha‘o, she once walked to the rear of the church, lay on her back, and called a native Hawaiian boy of about eight years old over to her, commanding him to lomilomi her abdomen with his feet."

From Hawaiian lomilomi, reduplication of lomi (“to rub with the hand”).

lomilomis (present, singular) lomilomiing (participle, present) lomilomied (participle, past) lomilomied (past)

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