aloha

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English

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Etymology

Borrowed from Hawaiian aloha (“love”), from Proto-Polynesian *qarofa. Doublet of aroha and aropa.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) enPR: ə-lō’-(h)ə, IPA(key): /əˈləʊ.(h)ə/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)
  • (US) enPR: ə-lō’-hä, ə-lō’-ə, IPA(key): /əˈloʊˌhɑ/, /əˈloʊ.ə/
  • Rhymes: -əʊhɑː, -əʊhə, -əʊə

Noun

aloha (plural alohas)

  1. (Hawaii) Good wishes, love.
    • 2012, Julia Flynn Siler, Lost Kingdom, Grove Press, page 91:
      Traveling as the princess regent with a retinue that included Princess Ruth and Queen Kapi‘olani, Lili‘u was welcomed by enormous crowds and lavish outpourings of aloha, as her subjects clasped her knees and kissed her hands and feet to show their reverence.
  2. (Hawaii) An utterance of aloha (see Interjection, below).

Derived terms

Interjection

aloha

  1. (chiefly Hawaii) Expressing good wishes when greeting or parting from someone; hello; goodbye.

Translations

hello — see hello
goodbye — see goodbye

Further reading

  • “aloha”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

Hawaiian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *qarofa, from Proto-Oceanic *qalopan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qaləpan, from Proto-Austronesian *qaləpan, from *qaləp (“to beckon, wave”). Cognate with Maori aroha.

Pronunciation

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Interjection

aloha

  1. hello, greetings
    Aloha kākou!
    Hello everyone!
  2. goodbye, farewell
    Aloha e Kaleo!
    Bye Kaleo!

Synonyms

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → English: aloha

Noun

aloha

  1. love, compassion, affection, mercy, sympathy, pity, kindness, sentiment, grace, charity
  2. greeting, salutation, regards
  3. sweetheart, lover, loved one

Verb

aloha

  1. (transitive) to love, be fond of
    Aloha wau iā ʻoe
    I love you.
  2. (transitive) to show kindness, mercy, pity, charity, affection
  3. (transitive) to venerate
  4. (transitive) to remember with affection
  5. (transitive) to greet, hail
  6. (stative) to be loving, kind
  7. (stative) beloved, loving, kind, compassionate, charitable, lovable

Further reading

  • Pukui, Mary Kawena, Elbert, Samuel H. (1986) “aloha”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, revised & enlarged edition, Honolulu, HI: University of Hawai'i Press, →ISBN
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