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

1. love
2. pity, compassion

Interjection

*qalopan

1. 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