Reconstruction:Proto-Austronesian/qaləpan

This Proto-Austronesian entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Austronesian

Etymology

From *qaləp (“to beckon, wave”).

Noun

*qaləpan

love
pity, compassion

Descendants

Proto-Malayo-Polynesian: *qaləpan
- Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:
  - East Malayo-Polynesian:
    - Proto-Oceanic: *qalopan
      - Central-Eastern Oceanic:
        Central Pacific: qalova
        Proto-Polynesian: *qarofa
        Proto-Nuclear Polynesian:
        Proto-Eastern Polynesian:
        Marquesic:
        Hawaiian: aloha
        → English: aloha
        Tahitic:
        Maori: aroha
        → English: aroha
        Tahitian: arofa
        Rapa Nui: 'aroha
        Samoic-Outlier
        Ellicean
        Tuvaluan: alofa
        Futunic
        Anuta: aropa
        → English: aropa
        Samoic
        Samoan: alofa, talofa
        Tokelauan: alofa
        Tongic
        ⇒ Niuean: fakaalofa
        ⇒ Tongan: ofa

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