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Maori does not add "s", so in Maori, one would say "rua kiwi" for "two kiwis".
Thanks Max! There are no plurals in Hawaiian either. It is one lei, two lei, three lei, etc. And it it's your college graduation day you may have so many lei around your shoulders they come nearly up to your eyebrows!
By the way, when you wear a lei do not let it hang with the end resting against back of your neck like a necklace ... move it so the flowers are equal front and back. Looks much better and is most "proper" way to wear a lei. A lei given to you may be given to another person - thereby "sharing the aloha" - but NEVER EVER put it back on the shoulders of the giver ... BIG insult.
When a lei is given a kiss on the cheek and a light embrace go with it.
Max : do they give lei as greeting/friendship/for no reason in NZ?
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