aloha - love.
Like most Hawaiian words, it has a variety of meanings:
As a greeting it means hello or goodbye. As a noun it means, compassion, mercy, love, lover, grace, kindness. As an adjective, beloved, kind, charitable. As a verb: to love, to pity, to venerate. In some contexts it can even mean alas! In the doubled form: Alohaloha means to make love, express gratitude, affection, or compassion, or to give thanks
Me ke aloha - With love
mahalo - Thank you.
Possibly of portugese origin. Sometimes seen with the modifiers "Nui Loa", meaning "Big".
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It is truly a beautiful word, and covers so much territory, it inspired my sunrise sharing.
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