aloha

nouninterjectionattested in dialogue

United Kingdom//əˈləʊ.(h)ə//
United States//əˈloʊˌhɑ//
United States//əˈloʊ.ə//

Good wishes, love, compassion, peacefulness and affection.

noun

1
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.
Uncle Onio exemplifies aloha by sharing his broad knowledge of Hawaiian culture and weaving techniques.
2
An utterance of aloha (see Interjection, below).

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.

interjection

1
Expressing good wishes when greeting or parting from someone; hello; goodbye.

Forms

plural: alohas

almost · Very close to, but not quite.alms · Something given to the poor as charity, such as money,…Alms · A surname from German.

aloha · Good wishes, love, compassion, peacefulness and affection.

Aloha · A place in the United States: An unincorporated community in…ALOHA · ALOHAnet (an early computer networking system).alone · By oneself, solitary.

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