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

1. love
2. 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