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greeting

Eng to Haw, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

Aloha.

  • Related:
    • The old greetings were: aloha, ʻanoʻai, welina me ke aloha.
    • Post-missionary greetings include: aloha kakahiaka, good morning; aloha ahiahi, good afternoon, good evening.
    • The farewell greeting was ā hui hou aku or aloha. These were said also for good night, as for leaving a meeting, but not within the home.
    • To extend greeting, aloha aku, kāhea, oha, eʻe, aʻa.
    • To press noses in greeting, honi.

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greeting

/ greet-ing / Eng to Haw, Emerson (1845),

ka uwe ana, ke aloha ana.

Greeting

/ Greet'ing / Eng to Haw, Hitchcock (1887),

Ke aloha i ka halawai pu ana. SYN. salutation.

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