poi

Meanings

1. The traditional staple food of Hawaii, made by baking and pounding the kalo (or taro) root, and reducing it to a thin paste, which is allowed to ferment.
2. A creamy Samoan dessert of ripe bananas mashed with coconut cream.

1. A small ball made of leaves and fibres, attached to a string.
2. A traditional dance performed by Maori women involving the rhythmic swinging of such a ball.

1. Alternative form of poee (“Goan flatbread”).

1. Initialism of point of interest.
2. Initialism of person of interest.
3. Initialism of point of impact.

Etymology

Borrowed from Hawaiian poi.