Lahui

Syllable breakdown

Name meaning and origin

Origin

Motu (Papua New Guinea)

Meaning

a Motu masculine name from the Motu people of the Port Moresby coastline of Papua New Guinea, the indigenous inhabitants of what is now the national capital region; the Motu were famous maritime traders whose annual hiri trade voyages in lakatoi sailing canoes carried clay pots westward along the Papuan coast to exchange for sago flour with the Gulf peoples, forming one of the most sophisticated indigenous maritime trade systems in the Pacific; Motu masculine names often reflect seafaring identity, ancestral clan heritage, and connections to the coastal landscape of the southern Papuan littoral

Gender

male