Aloha

Pukui-Elbert
Haw to Eng,
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no｜ foraloha, Pukui-Elbert, Hwn to Eng

nvt., nvs. Aloha, love, affection, compassion, mercy, sympathy, pity, kindness, sentiment, grace, charity; greeting, salutation, regards; sweetheart, lover, loved one; beloved, loving, kind, compassionate, charitable, lovable; to love, be fond of; to show kindness, mercy, pity, charity, affection; to venerate; to remember with affection; to greet, hail.

• Examples:
  • Aloha ʻino! What a pity! Alas! [Expression of regret, either great or small.]
  • Aloha akua, love of god; divine love, pity, charity.
  • Mea aloha, loved one, beloved.
  • Aloha makua, considerate and thoughtful of parents and elders, filial.
  • Aloha ʻia, beloved, pitied.
  • Aloha pumehana, warm aloha, affection.
  • Me ke aloha o Kawena, with the love (or greeting) of Kawena.
  • ʻO wau iho nō me ke aloha, I remain, with very best regards.
  • Aloha ʻoe, ē Maria, ua piha ʻoe i ka maikaʻi, hail, Mary, full of grace.
  • Ē Maria hemolele, e aloha mai ʻoe iā mākou, Holy Mary, have mercy on us.
  • Aloha aʻe ana mākou i ke ehu wāwae o ka lani (chant for Kalākaua), we remember fondly the footprints of the king.
  • E aloha aku au i ka mea aʻu e manaʻo ai e aloha aku (Puk. 33.19), I show mercy tothose I want to show mercy to.
  • Aloha nō ia mau lā o nā makahiki he kanalima i kūnewa akula! Affectionate [memories] of these days of fifty years past!
• Related:
  • Greetings! Hello! Good-by! Farewell! Alas! The common greetings follow:
    • Aloha ʻoe, may you be loved or greeted, greetings (to one person).
    • Aloha kāua, may there be friendship or love between us, greetings (to one person); dear Sir.
    • Aloha kākou, same as above, but to more than one person.
    • Ke aloha nō! Aloha! Greetings! (The nō may be prolonged for emphasis.) (Gram. 4.6)
    • The following greetings were introduced after European times; Aloha ahiahi, good evening. Aloha kakahiaka, good morning.