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Poke

2 stages from Hawaiian to English.

Today it means a Hawaiian dish of marinated, cubed raw fish, typically served over rice
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Stage 1 of 2
poke
Hawaiian · ancient
"to slice crosswise"
literally to slice or cut crosswise, describing cubed raw fish
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Stage 2 of 2
poke
English · 1970s
"a Hawaiian dish of marinated, cubed raw fish"
adopted directly for the Hawaiian dish of marinated, cubed raw fish
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