"Aloha" meaning in All languages combined

See Aloha on Wiktionary

Proper name [Hawaiian]

IPA: /aˈlo.ha/, [əˈlo.hə]
Etymology: From aloha (“love”). Also short for compound names containing the word aloha. Head templates: {{head|haw|proper noun}} Aloha
  1. a female or (uncommon) male given name

Proper name [Translingual]

Etymology: Borrowed from Hawaiian aloha; further from Proto-Polynesian *qarofa, from Proto-Oceanic *qalopan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qaləpan, from Proto-Austronesian *qaləpan, from *qaləp (“to beckon, wave”). Coined by English entomologist George Willis Kirkaldy in 1904, as the type species was found in Oahu, Hawaii. Etymology templates: {{bor+|mul|haw|aloha}} Borrowed from Hawaiian aloha, {{der|mul|poz-pol-pro|*qarofa}} Proto-Polynesian *qarofa, {{der|mul|poz-oce-pro|*qalopan}} Proto-Oceanic *qalopan, {{der|mul|poz-pro|*qaləpan}} Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qaləpan, {{der|mul|map-pro|*qaləpan}} Proto-Austronesian *qaləpan, {{coinage|mul|Q1508642|in=1904}} Coined by English entomologist George Willis Kirkaldy in 1904 Head templates: {{head|mul|proper noun|||g=f|g2=|head=Aloha|nogendercat=1}} Aloha f
  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Delphacidae – certain planthoppers. Tags: feminine
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