Aloha Aloha Aloha (; ) is the Hawaiian word for love, affection, peace, compassion and mercy, that is commonly used as a simple greeting but has a deeper cultural and spiritual significance to native Hawaiians. A greeting of love and compassion; also means "to be in the presence of the divinity" or in the presence of ("alo") the "divine breath of life" ("Ha"). The Aloha Spirit law became official in 1986. The origins of the Hawaiian word "aloha" are unclear. The word goes back to the very origins of Hawaii to Kahiki (the homeland) and even further. The word is found
Auto-antonym hear evaluations like "pretty ugly", "ridiculously serious", "insanely rational", "incredibly trustworthy", "impossibly doable", "super sub-par". Among profanities, adjective or article decides its meaning, for example: Seeming auto-antonyms can occur from translation. In Hawaiian, for example, "aloha" is translated both as "hello" and as "goodbye", but the essential meaning of the word is "love", whether used as a greeting or farewell. The Italian greeting "ciao" is translated as "hello" or "goodbye" depending on the context; however, the original meaning was "(I'm your) slave". Auto-antonym An auto-antonym or autantonym, also called a contronym or contranym, is a word with multiple meanings (senses)