Plural of alius; the Hawaiian tern (a seabird), or in Latin contexts, others or different things.
From Hawaiian 'āli'i meaning 'chief' or referring to local seabirds, or from Latin alius meaning 'other' in its plural form, depending on context.
Hawaiian 'alii' were the chiefly class—and language is power, because knowing whether someone was 'alii' or common determined everything about how you spoke to them and what rights they had.
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