Where does “ʻōlelo” come from?

ʻōlelo (Hawaiian) comes from Proto-Polynesian qalelo, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian deləq.

ʻōlelo (Hawaiian): language, speech; word, term; statement

Definitions

  1. language, speech; word, term; statement

Ancestry of “ʻōlelo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Polynesianqalelo—
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesiandeləq—

Words derived from “ʻōlelo”

Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian deləq →Every word from Proto-Polynesian qalelo →
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