Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA person of the third gender, having traditional spiritual and social roles in the cultures of Hawaii and Tahiti. · A gay person; homosexual.
From Hawaiian māhū.
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- Borrowed-form mentionmāhūhaw
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