Aloha: Very rare usage to mean rising wave; could also be to ponder or reflect upon the waters (like of the sea or ocean).
Na nalu. Nalu is "wave". Na makes the noun plural.
The term for a big wave or a wave with a great barrel is he'e nalu, but the word nui means big and nalu means wave so you can decide.
'ae hele umauma.....its not exact...but its close enough
to wave = ani ocean wave = Nalu
Ke Nalu Kauoha Alaka'i 'oe
CORRECTED; Aloha: nahunahu nalu [nahoo-nahoo naloo]maleea
surfboard = Papa heʻe nalu [pa-pa hay A na-loo]
ke nalu 'ia [kay na-loo ee-ah]
Aloha: heʻe nalu au ia [hey A nahloo ow eeah]
hele nalu mākou [hay-lay na-loo may-ko]
surfNalu.surfboardpapa he'enalu The proper word for 'surf' in Hawaiian is "Nalu". For some reason the hawaiian language was not marked on google translate or dictionary.com. Please find the translator I used in the related links.
Ainu is the term used for the native Japanese inhabitants now only living in Northern Hokkaido