aloha
See also: Aloha
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Hawaiian aloha (“love”), from Proto-Polynesian *qarofa. Doublet of aroha and aropa.
Pronunciation edit
- (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 edit
aloha (plural alohas)
- (Hawaii) Good wishes, love. [from 19th c.]
- 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.
- (Hawaii) An utterance of aloha (see Interjection, below). [from 19th c.]
Derived terms edit
Interjection edit
aloha
- (chiefly Hawaii) Expressing good wishes when greeting or parting from someone; hello; goodbye. [from 19th c.]
Translations edit
hello — see hello
goodbye — see goodbye
Further reading edit
- “aloha”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Anagrams edit
Hawaiian edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
Interjection edit
aloha
Synonyms edit
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- → English: aloha
Noun edit
aloha
- love, compassion, affection, mercy, sympathy, pity, kindness, sentiment, grace, charity
- greeting, salutation, regards
- sweetheart, lover, loved one
Verb edit
aloha
- (transitive) to love, be fond of
- Aloha wau iā ʻoe
- I love you.
- (transitive) to show kindness, mercy, pity, charity, affection
- (transitive) to venerate
- (transitive) to remember with affection
- (transitive) to greet, hail
- (stative) to be loving, kind
- (stative) beloved, loving, kind, compassionate, charitable, lovable