aloha
noun
- Hawaiian word
interjection
No English definition recorded for this entry.
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Pronunciation: /əˈləʊ.(h)ə/ / /əˈloʊˌhɑ/ / /əˈloʊ.ə/
intj
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Austronesian *qaləp Proto-Austronesian *qaləpan Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qaləpan Proto-Oceanic *qalopan Proto-Polynesian *qarofa Hawaiian alohabor. English aloha Borrowed from Hawaiian aloha (“love”), from Proto-Polynesian *qarofa. Doublet of aroha and aropa.
- Expressing good wishes when greeting or parting from someone; hello; goodbye.
name
Etymology: Most seem to be from Hawaiian aloha (“love”).
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noun
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Austronesian *qaləp Proto-Austronesian *qaləpan Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qaləpan Proto-Oceanic *qalopan Proto-Polynesian *qarofa Hawaiian alohabor. English aloha Borrowed from Hawaiian aloha (“love”), from Proto-Polynesian *qarofa. Doublet of aroha and aropa.
- Good wishes, love, compassion, peacefulness and affection.
“When I got back to Hawaii, a feeling of aloha flooded me, and my anxiety vanished.”
“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.”
- An utterance of aloha (see Interjection, below).