Reconstruction:Proto-Polynesian/qarofa

This Proto-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-Polynesian

Etymology

From Proto-Central Pacific *qalova, from Proto-Oceanic *qalopan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qaləpan, from Proto-Austronesian *qaləpan, from *qaləp (“to beckon, wave”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔa.ˈɾo.fa/

Noun

*qarofa

1. love
2. pity, compassion

Interjection

*qarofa

1. hello, greetings

Descendants

• Proto-Nuclear Polynesian:
  • Proto-Eastern Polynesian:
    • Marquesic:
      • Hawaiian: aloha
        • → English: aloha
        • → Indonesian: aloha
        • → Translingual: Aloha
    • Tahitic:
      • Māori: 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

References

• Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “QAROFA.A”, in “POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 50, number 2, pages 551–9
• Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “QAROFA.B”, in “POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 50, number 2, pages 551–9

Further reading

• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*qalep”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen (2010–), “*qaləp”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary