Hawaiian phrase · Greetings
aloha wau iā ʻoe
Pronunciation: /ah-loh-hah wow ee-ah oh-eh/
Meaning
I love you
Example sentences
E kuʻu pēpeʻe: 'Ōlelo mai ʻoe i kēlā pule hoʻokahi, a ʻo kaʻu pane koke aku, aloha wau iā ʻoe.
My dear: You say that one sentence, and my immediate response is, I love you.
Ma ka lā hoʻomanaʻo lā hānau o koʻu kupuna wahine, hāʻawi au i kāna makana a ʻōlelo ʻia, aloha wau iā ʻoe.
On my grandmother's birthday, I give her a gift and say, I love you.
Ke hele aku nei au i ka ʻāina ʻē ma hope o nā makahiki he nui, a minamina au i koʻu ʻohana, akā aloha wau iā ʻoe.
I am going to a foreign land after many years, and I miss my family, but I love you.
About this word
“aloha wau iā ʻoe” is a Hawaiian phrase meaning I love you. It is part of the ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi (Hawaiian language) vocabulary in the category of Greetings. Definitions are based on the Pukui-Elbert Hawaiian Dictionary.