Transcription
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- [uh-loh-uh, ah-loh-hah]
- /əˈloʊ ə, ɑˈloʊ hɑ/
- /əˈləʊhɑː/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [uh-loh-uh, ah-loh-hah]
- /əˈloʊ ə, ɑˈloʊ hɑ/
Definitions of aloha word
- noun aloha hello 3
- noun aloha goodbye 3
- adjective aloha friendly; hospitable; welcoming: The aloha spirit prevails throughout the islands. 1
- noun aloha Hawaiian word used when greeting or parting from someone. 1
- interjection aloha Hawaiian greeting 1
- noun aloha Hawaiian spirit of friendliness 1
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Origin of aloha
First appearance:
before 1890 One of the 20% newest English words
Borrowed into English from Hawaiian around 1890-95
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Aloha
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
aloha popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 81% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
aloha usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for aloha
noun aloha
- love — a profoundly tender, passionate affection for another person.
- farewell — Cape, a cape in S Greenland: most southerly point of Greenland.
- goodbye — a farewell.
- salutation — the act of saluting.
- hello — hello, world
Antonyms for aloha
noun aloha
- dislike — to regard with displeasure, antipathy, or aversion: I dislike working. I dislike oysters.
- hate — to dislike intensely or passionately; feel extreme aversion for or extreme hostility toward; detest: to hate the enemy; to hate bigotry.
- hatred — the feeling of one who hates; intense dislike or extreme aversion or hostility.
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