Re: Another look at the Hawaiian meaning of Lua

[tobias@...]

Hm that got me thinking that the british have the word "loo" as slang  
for the toilet.
So my guess is that it all comes down to pronounciation. And anything  
Loo, Lua related
as in the meaning of toilet might be rather inspired by English.

- T

Quoting Stefan Sandberg <keffo.sandberg@gmail.com>:

> As far as I know, 'lua' became slang for restroom in hawaii after  
> portuguese explorers used it to ask for the bathroom,
> hinting at the carving of a crescent moon often decorating the door.