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Meanings:
• Breath of life
"When you say aloha to someone it means 'I recognize the (same) breath of
life within you as I have within." -- Kathy Boast (1999)
• Caring
• Compassion
• Fun
• Goodbye
• Good luck
• Hello
• Hope
• Mutual regard
• Sharing
• Unconditional Love
"'Love' is indeed contagious. It is the key and magic word of Polynesia.
Whether it is greeting or farewell, it matters not. It is either Ofa! Alofa!
Aroha! Talofa! or Aloha!" -- Jane Resture, "Samoa" (200 )
• Welcome
Origins: Aloha is of Hawaiian origin.
In Literature:
• "[A] lei is draped around your neck and, for the first of many times on your
visit, you hear the magic word: 'Aloha.'" -- Lee Siegel, "Hawaii," These
United States (200 )
Alohomora
(see also aloha)
Origins: Alohomora (also spelled Alohomoré [from the Arabic al-homra, "red"15 ]
is the figure of "The Diviner" in Sikidy, the Madagascar variant of Arabic
geomancy. The same figure represents "Illumination" and "Wisdom" in the
original Arabic practice.154 It is sometimes spelled alahamora.
15 Journal Asiatic (1905)
154 Serena Powers, "Serena's Gude to Geomancy," SerenaPowers.com (2004)