Talk:aloha
Add topicAugust 2012
[edit]Do we need a translation table here? Maro 17:46, 9 August 2012 (UTC)
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Rfv-sense (English): "I love you."
Anon doesn't believe this (See WT:TR#aloha.) It is uncited and I have yet to find it in a dictionary. aloha#Hawaiian has it as a noun meaning "love", but not as a phrase meaning "I love you". There are lots of mentions, often in romantic fiction that assert that it can mean "I love you" in Hawaiian. DCDuring TALK 14:25, 11 December 2013 (UTC)
- I found one citation, which I've added. —Mr. Granger (talk • contribs) 05:39, 13 December 2013 (UTC)
- That poem seems to be referring to a female person called "Aloha". Aloha (capitalized) does say it can be a "female given name". 63.81.2.130 21:06, 13 December 2013 (UTC)
- Either you are simply correct (eg, this line from later ins the poem: "He saw her at the window stand. One word he said — the one dear name, — Aloha!") or it is ambiguous. In any event it is not good enough to be evidence, IMO. DCDuring TALK 22:36, 13 December 2013 (UTC)
- I agree...I hadn't looked at the rest of the poem before adding it. I've removed the quotation. —Mr. Granger (talk • contribs) 22:41, 13 December 2013 (UTC)
- Our I love you entry has aloha wau iāʻoe as the Hawaiian translation. DCDuring TALK 23:55, 13 December 2013 (UTC)
- Just because aloha means "love" in Hawaiian, doesn't mean it does so in English. It of course can explain the symbolic choice of the name Aloha in Mr. Granger's quote. --WikiTiki89 00:23, 14 December 2013 (UTC)
- Our I love you entry has aloha wau iāʻoe as the Hawaiian translation. DCDuring TALK 23:55, 13 December 2013 (UTC)
- I agree...I hadn't looked at the rest of the poem before adding it. I've removed the quotation. —Mr. Granger (talk • contribs) 22:41, 13 December 2013 (UTC)
- Either you are simply correct (eg, this line from later ins the poem: "He saw her at the window stand. One word he said — the one dear name, — Aloha!") or it is ambiguous. In any event it is not good enough to be evidence, IMO. DCDuring TALK 22:36, 13 December 2013 (UTC)
- That poem seems to be referring to a female person called "Aloha". Aloha (capitalized) does say it can be a "female given name". 63.81.2.130 21:06, 13 December 2013 (UTC)
Not verified, so deleted. 63.81.2.130 12:53, 9 February 2014 (UTC)
- I don't think anons should close RFVs, but I will confirm that deleting the sense was the right decision. --WikiTiki89 20:22, 9 February 2014 (UTC)