Etymology

mahalo

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Hawaiian mahalo ← Proto-Eastern Polynesian *masalo
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  1. Proto-Eastern Polynesian · derived from*masalo
  2. Hawaiian · borrowed frommahalo
  3. English todaymahalo

From Hawaiian mahalo, from Proto-Eastern Polynesian *masalo.

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