Why this word is great
LEIOMANO — [Noun] A paddle-like club with shark teeth set in its edges, traditionally used as a weapon in Polynesian warfare. From Hawaiian lei o manō ("a shark's lei"), from lei ("lei, necklace") + o ("of") + manō ("shark"). Unlike the macuahuitl (a Mesoamerican obsidian-bladed sword, brutal in its jagged geometry) or ʻōkolehao (a Hawaiian liquor, distilled for celebration rather than combat), the leiomano is both weapon and artifact—a tool of war that carries the sea’s ferocity in its serrated grin. It is the glint of teeth in koa wood, the salt-cured sinew lashing each blade in place, the way its strikes would tear like a reef through flesh—a reminder that even beauty, when wielded, can be deadly.