But he says he has "mixed feelings" about the diaspora, as he inspects a lei filled with candies that has been placed around his neck.
To predicate a general term of something is to distinguish it as similar to, or of a kind (lei) with, other things denoted by that term.
It was surreal to chat with my clinical skills instructors with a lei around my neck and sand stuck between my toes.
Ushered in with a mock plane ticket, and adorned with a lei, you're part of a group of people visiting a different time and place, where all of your inhibitions are cast aside.
Or a cheongsam with a lei of plastic flowers.
"In '64, they hit us with a lei, put us on a military bus and drove us to Pearl Harbor.
When they arrived in the state, Snowden surprised Mills in the baggage claim area with a lei of purple and yellow flowers, she wrote.
The main attraction, though, is Mi Cheng, Ms. Suthon's diminutive partner (and Lucky Cheng's namesake), who struts around in a grass skirt and Hawaiian shirt with a lei on his head.
To be sure, the captain is elegant in black tie, with a lei of fragrant maile vine, while the kumu, the teacher or storyteller, is regal in a purple silk shirt, a flower tucked behind his ear.
When Tulsi Gabbard arrived at Lihue Airport, on the Hawaiian island of Kauai, she was greeted with a lei made of vibrant plumeria flowers, a small bottle of coconut water, a bagful of mangoes, and a profusion of alerts on her phone.
