Samoan

Proper noun

Ali'i

1. Lord

See also

• atua

English

Noun

ali'i ‎(plural ali'i)

1. (Hawaii, now historical) A member of a noble Hawaiian family.
   • 2012, Julia Flynn Siler, Lost Kingdom, Grove Press 2012, p. xx:

     The chiefs also conscripted the commoners into armies and for countless years, warfare periodically erupted among rival ali‘i, who fought over land, fishing rights, and perceived insults.

Samoan

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *qariki

Noun

ali'i

1. noble

Related terms

• Ali'i

See also

• matai
• tupu