lauhala

From Hawaiian lauhala, from lau (“leaf”) + hala (“pandanus”).

• Rhymes: -ɑːlə

lauhala (plural lauhalas)

1. Pandanus tectorius, a tree common in Hawaii, also known as the screwpine.
   • 1892, Rev. Herbert Henry Gowen, The Paradise of the Pacific, page 129:

     Now and then a gaudy peacock would run from his shelter in the lauhala trees, but no wild boars came out, so we returned from our raid bloodless and spoilless.

• lau hala

From Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *lau-fala. Cognate with Tahitian raufara. By surface analysis, lau (“leaf”) +‎ hala (“screwpine”).

lauhala

1. A screwpine leaf, especially when used in plaiting.

• lauhala in Combined Hawaiian Dictionary, at trussel2.com.