Usually means: Communal family system among Hawaiians.
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  1. punalua: Merriam-Webster
  2. punalua: Collins English Dictionary
  3. punalua: Wiktionary
  4. punalua: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words

Definitions from Wiktionary (punalua)

noun:  A member of a traditional Hawaiian group marriage between two or more brothers with their wives, or two or more sisters with their husbands.

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