Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/qaləpan

This Proto-Malayo-Polynesian 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-Malayo-Polynesian

Etymology

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

Noun

*qaləpan

1. love
2. pity, compassion

Descendants

• 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