Where does “ʻahaʻōlelo” come from?

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

ʻahaʻōlelo (Hawaiian): legislature, assembly, council

Definitions

  1. legislature, assembly, council

Ancestry of “ʻahaʻōlelo”, step by step

ʻahaʻōlelo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hawaiian ʻōlelo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hawaiianʻōlelolanguage, speech; word, term; statement
2Proto-Polynesianqalelo—
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesiandeləq—

via Hawaiian ʻaha

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hawaiianʻahameeting, gathering, assembly
2Proto-Polynesian*kafa—
3Proto-Oceanic*kapasennit

Words derived from “ʻahaʻōlelo”

Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian deləq →