‖ lomi-lomi
(ˈləʊmɪˈləʊmɪ)
[Hawaiian lomi-lomi, reduplication of lomi to rub with the hand.]
The shampooing practised among the Hawaiians.
| 1850 W. Colton Deck & Port xi. 347, I was..determined to try..the bath and the ‘lomi-lomi’. 1882 Howells in Longm. Mag. I. 51 This slippered and rhythmic pace was like a sort of Hawaiian lomi-lomi to our toughened sensibilities; it tickled, it lulled us. 1951 Amer. Speech XXVI. 23 Other common Hawaiian words are..lomilomi (massage). |