Reconstruction:Proto-Oceanic/qalopan

This Proto-Oceanic 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-Oceanic

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qaləpan, from Proto-Austronesian *qaləpan, from *qaləp (“to beckon, wave”).

Noun

*qalopan

love
pity, compassion

Interjection

*qalopan

hello, greetings

Descendants

Proto-Polynesian: *qarofa
- Proto-Nuclear Polynesian:
  - Proto-Eastern Polynesian:
    - Marquesic:
      - Hawaiian: aloha
        → English: aloha
        → Indonesian: 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