[pahr-ey-oo] 
[lah-vuh-lah-vuh] | the principal garment for both sexes in Polynesia, esp. in Samoa, consisting of a piece of printed cloth worn as a loincloth or skirt. |
| pa·re·u or pa·re·o (pä'rā-ōō') n. A garment consisting of a rectangular piece of printed cloth worn especially in Polynesia by men and women as a wraparound skirt. [Tahitian.] |