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

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