aloha
See also: Aloha
Contents
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Hawaiian aloha (“love”), from Proto-Polynesian *qarofa.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (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
Noun[edit]
aloha (plural alohas)
- (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.
- 2012, Julia Flynn Siler, Lost Kingdom, Grove Press, p. 91:
- (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 at OneLook Dictionary Search
Hawaiian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Polynesian *qarofa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qaʀəp, (compare Javanese arep (“desire”), Malay harap (“hope”)).
Pronunciation[edit]
Interjection[edit]
aloha
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- → English: aloha
Noun[edit]
aloha
Verb[edit]
aloha
- (transitive) to love
- (transitive) to greet
- (stative) to be loving, kind
Categories:
- English terms borrowed from Hawaiian
- English terms derived from Hawaiian
- English terms derived from Proto-Polynesian
- English 3-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- Hawaiian English
- English interjections
- en:Farewells
- en:Greetings
- en:Love
- Hawaiian terms inherited from Proto-Polynesian
- Hawaiian terms derived from Proto-Polynesian
- Hawaiian terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Hawaiian terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Hawaiian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Hawaiian lemmas
- Hawaiian interjections
- Hawaiian nouns
- Hawaiian verbs
- Hawaiian transitive verbs
- Hawaiian stative verbs