Everyday life

aloha

Hawaiian aloha means love and compassion and serves as both hello and goodbye; it is the same Polynesian word as Māori aroha and Samoan alofa, and the 'aloha shirt' of 1930s Honolulu took it to Japan and beyond.

Weakest linkCertain

The road to English

From Hawaiian to Māori

From Hawaiian to Samoan

From Hawaiian to Tongan

From English to American English

From American English to Japanese

1820Hawaiian

Hops are evenly spaced; labels show the year each form is first attested.

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