moi

🗣️ Pronunciation: MOH-ee

food intermediate

📖 Meaning

• Pacific threadfin fish

• royal fish

Usage: Fish once reserved for Hawaiian royalty

"Moi was reserved for ali'i"

Origin: Hawaiian

salted salmon tomato and onion salad, Hawaiian salmon salad

skipjack tuna

red-striped fish, squirrelfish

steamed taro and coconut pudding, taro dessert

marlin, blue marlin

type of limpet, Hawaiian limpet