aloha

Borrowed from Hawaiian aloha (“love”), from Proto-Polynesian *qarofa.

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

aloha (plural alohas)

1. (Hawaii) Good wishes, love. [from 19th c.]
   • 2012, Julia Flynn Siler, Lost Kingdom, Grove Press, p. 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). [from 19th c.]

• aloha shirt
• aloha spirit
• Aloha State

aloha

1. (chiefly Hawaii) Expressing good wishes when greeting or parting from someone; hello; goodbye. [from 19th c.]

• aloha at OneLook Dictionary Search

From Proto-Polynesian *qarofa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qaʀəp, (compare Javanese arep (“desire”), Malay harap (“hope”)).

• IPA^(key): /aˈlo.ha/, [əˈlohə]

aloha

1. hello, greetings
2. goodbye, farewell

• aloha kakahiaka
• aloha awakea
• aloha ʻauinalā
• aloha ahiahi

• → English: aloha

aloha

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

aloha

1. (transitive) to love, be fond of
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