nvt., nvs. Aloha, love, affection, compassion, mercy, sympathy, pity, kindness, sentiment, grace, charity; greeting, salutation, regards; sweetheart, lover, loved one; beloved, loving, kind, compassionate, charitable, lovable; to love, be fond of; to show kindness, mercy, pity, charity, affection; to venerate; to remember with affection; to greet, hail.
1. v. To love; to regard with affection; to desire.
2. To have pity or compassion upon.
3. To show mercy; to be merciful as a habit. Mat. #5:7. To spare; to pity. Ezek. #7:9.
4. To salute at meeting or parting. 1 sam. #10:4.
5. To salute contemptuously; aloha ino kaua, alas for us two. NOTE.—Aloha, as a word of salutation, is modern; the ancient forms were anoai, welina, &c.
6. Hooaloha. To give thanks as an act of worship. 1 Oihl. #25:3.
