Thursday Thirteen #47 - Lesson’s In Aloha and Mahalo
Lesson in Aloha and Mahalo
1. Aloha, love, affection, compassion, mercy, sympathy, pity, kindness, sentiment, grace, charity; greeting, salutation, regards; sweetheart, lover, 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, to hail. Greetings! Hello! Good-by! Farewell! Alas!
2. Aloha `oe! [ah loh’ hah oe!]
May you be loved or greeted! Farewell or greetings to one person.
3. Aloha kâua! [ah loh’ hah KAH’oo (w)ah!]
May there be friendship or love between us! Greetings to you and me!
4. Aloha kâkou! [ah loh’ hah KAH’ kou!]
Same as above, but to more than one person.
5. Ke aloha nô! [ah loh hah NOH’]
Aloha indeed!
6. Aloha! [ Ah loh’ hah!]
Greetings!”
7. One of the most frequently requested translations is:
Aloha au iâ `oe.
[ah loh’ hah vau’ ee (Y)AH’ oe]
I love you.
8. Mahalo.
Thanks, gratitude; to thank.
9. Mahalo nui loa [mah hah’ loh noo’(w)ee loh’(w)ah]
Thanks very much.
10.`Ôlelo mahalo
[OH’ leh loh mah hah’ loh]
compliment
11. Mahalo â nui [mah hah’ loh (W)AH’ noo’(w)ee]
Thanks very much.
12. Admiration, praise, esteem, regards, respects; to admire, praise, appreciate.
13.`O wau nô me ka mahalo, [oh vau NOH’ meh kah mah hah’loh]
I am, [yours] respectfully,
*Source: Pukui, Mary Kawena & Elbert, Samuel H., HAWAIIAN DICTIONARY, University of Hawai`i Press, Honolulu, 1986.
