ʻōlelo
Hawaiian
noun
Definitions
- language, speech
- word, term
- statement
- quotation, utterance
- tidings
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Polynesian *qalelo inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *deləq, *dilaq.
Origin
Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
*dilaq
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- lidah Indonesian
- dila Tagalog
- dilaan Tagalog
- madila Tagalog
- mandila Tagalog
- pagdila Tagalog
- anak lidah Malay
- lidah Malay
- *deləq Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- *dilaq Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- *dilaq Proto-Austronesian
- alelo Hawaiian
- hua Hawaiian
- huaʻōlelo Hawaiian
- *lidah Proto-Malayic
- arero Maori
- *qalelo Proto-Polynesian
- arero Rapa Nui
- dila Ilocano
- *dilah Proto-Chamic
- *dilaq Proto-North Sarawak
- dila Kankanaey
- deleiʔ Kiput