lomilomi
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Person who gives a traditional Hawaiian massage with rhythmic flowing strokes
- noun
- /loʊmiˈloʊmi/
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lomilomi
- After a long hike, he booked a session with a skilled lomilomi for relief.
Examples
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I visited a skilled lomilomi for my back pain.
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Can you recommend a good lomilomi practitioner?
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The lomilomi used gentle, flowing strokes to help relax her muscles.
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Many visitors seek out a traditional lomilomi when traveling to Hawaii.
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The lomilomi practitioner worked with rhythmic movements to ease the client's tension.
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Visitors often rave about the experience they had with a professional lomilomi during their trip to Hawaii.
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She decided to visit a local lomilomi to explore traditional healing practices.
How Skilled
Surface Forms
Etymology
Lomilomi comes from the Hawaiian word lomi, which means 'to rub'. Repeating lomi makes the word mean the massage and the person who gives it, so a lomilomi is someone who gives that healing rub.