"maile" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Polynesian *maile Hawaiian mailebor. English maile Borrowed from Hawaiian maile. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:bor|haw:maile|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Polynesian *maile Hawaiian mailebor. English maile [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Polynesian", "term" : "*maile", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "poz-pol-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Hawaiian", "term" : "maile", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "haw" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "maile", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="maile"> Borrowed from Hawaiian maile. Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} maile (uncountable)
  1. A flowering Hawaiian vine (Alyxia stellata), of the genus Alyxia, used to make lei. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-maile-en-noun-EqZuRkZT Categories (other): English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymology trees, English entries with etymon, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with etymology trees, Pages with etymon, Dogbane family plants Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 54 Disambiguation of Dogbane family plants: 61 39
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Etymology: Variant of mail. Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} maile (uncountable)
  1. Obsolete form of mail (“chainmail”). Tags: alt-of, obsolete, uncountable Alternative form of: mail (extra: chainmail)
    Sense id: en-maile-en-noun-khDOLKLO Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 54
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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