lava-lava


la·va·la·va

or la·va-la·va L0071600 (lä′və-lä′və)n. A garment consisting of a rectangular piece of printed cloth tied loosely around the waist that is worn by Polynesians and especially Samoans.
[Samoan lāvalava, to put on clothes, clothes, from reduplication of Proto-Polynesian *lawa, to bind.]

lava-lava

n (Clothing & Fashion) a draped skirtlike garment of printed cotton or calico worn by Polynesians [Samoan]