pōpolo
Hawaiian
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Polynesian *polo; cognate with Maori poroporo and pōporo (Solanum aviculare), Tongan polo (“Solanum nigrum”) and Tuvaluan 'opolo (“capsicum”).[1] Skin color meaning comes from analogy to the color of its berries.
Noun
editpōpolo
- black nightshade (Solanum nigrum)
- (slang, countable, sometimes pejorative) a black person
Descendants
edit- → English: popolo