Protoform: QAROFA.A [MP] Love, pity, compassion
| Description: | Love, pity, compassion |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to MP: Malayo-Polynesian |
| Notes: | *4 POC *qarop(-i) 'feel pity, empathy, be sorry for' (LPO V:587).. |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anuta | Aropa | Pity, compassion. Love, sympathy, affection; gift symbolizing feeling of affection (Fbg). | (Yen) |
| East Futuna | ʔAlofa-ʔia | Love, pity, compassion | (Bgs) |
| East Uvea | ʔOfa-ina | Amitie, affection, amour, faveur | (Rch) |
| East Uvea | ʔAlofa | Salut | (Rch) |
| Easter Island | ʔAroha | Commiseration, compassion, condolence. Grief, sorrow, sadness; regret, be sorry; pity (Wbr). | (Fts) |
| Fijian | Garo | Desire Problematic | (Cpl) |
| Hawaiian | Aloha | Love, pity, compassion | (Pki) |
| Kapingamarangi | Aroha | Love, affection, pity (arch.) | (Ebt) |
| Kapingamarangi | Aloho | To love, to pity | (Lbr) |
| Luangiua | Aloha | Sad. Love | (Hbn) |
| Luangiua | Aloha | Sad | (Smd) |
| Luangiua | Aloha/i | Ich bin betrubt [I'm sorry] | (Sar) |
| Mangareva | Aroʔa | Compassion | (Rch) |
| Mangareva | Aooa | Regretter; désirer quelqu'un Problematic | (Rch) |
| Manihiki-Rakahanga | Aroha | Take pity on; affection | (Bck) |
| Marquesas | K/aʔoha/, aʔoha | Regret, aimer. Hommage, reconnaissance; présent, don gratuit (Lch). Love (Mtu). | (Dln) |
| Marquesas | Áuhwa, kaáuhwa | A tender affection, as love, sympathy, grief | (Crk) |
| Marquesas | Owʔchʔa | Pity | (Rbs) |
| Moriori | (I)aroha | Compassion, love, affection | (Shd) |
| New Zealand Maori | Aroha-ina, -tia | Love, pity, compassion | (Wms) |
| Nggela | Arovi | Pity | (Fox) |
| Niuafoʔou | ʔOfa | Love Borrowed | (Tmo) |
| Niue | Ofa-nia | To love (Obs.) | (Sph) |
| Niue | Alofa | Love n Borrowed | (McE) |
| Niue | Fe/ofa/naki | To love one another | (Sph) |
| Niue | Ofa/ofa | To love deeply | (Sph) |
| Niue | Ofa/nia | To love | (Sph) |
| Nuguria | Aroha (pl. arroha) | Be sad, feel sorry | (Dvl) |
| Nukumanu | Hai aloha (aroha) | Show mercy, have mercy | (Trt) |
| Nukumanu | Aroha (pl. alloha) | Mourn; feel sorry for, feel compassion | (Trt) |
| Nukuoro | Aloha | Compassion, affection | (Crl) |
| Penrhyn | Aroha | Love | (Sta) |
| Pukapuka | Aloa | Love, pity | (Sby) |
| Raʔivavae | Arooha | To feel love...grieve for...to show sympathy...feel kindness, to be generous... | (Stn) |
| Rarotongan | Aroʔa-ʔia | Greet, welcome, offer good wishes; welcome with a gift; have pity on; forgive | (Bse) |
| Rennellese | ʔAgoha | Pity v, feeling of love etc. | (Ebt) |
| Rotuman | ʔOfa | Love, like, glad, desire Borrowed | (Cwd) |
| Samoan | Alofa | Love, pity, compassion | (Prt) |
| Sikaiana | Aloha | Pity | (Sps) |
| Tahitian | Aroha | Compassion, pity, sympathy, love, affection; to have pity or compassion; to shew mercy, love, sympathy; pitiable | (Dvs) |
| Tahitian | Arofa | Pitié, sympathie, bonté, compassion, amour, solidarité; avoir pitié, avoir de la sympathie, de la bonté | (Lmt) |
| Takuu | Arofa | Love, feel compassion | (Hwd) |
| Takuu | Aroha | Feel love or affection; compassion, pity; to miss someone | (Mle) |
| Tikopia | Arofa | Sympathy, affection, love | (Fth) |
| Tokelau | Alofa | Love, affection or kindness; hospitality; divine mercy or love; to love, feel affection for; be kind; feel sorry for, express sympathy; have mercy or pity | (Sma) |
| Tongan | ʔOfa (ʔofe/ina) | Love, kind to, to be | (Cwd) |
| Tongan | ʔAlo/ʔofa | Love, pity, compassion (honorific for qofa) | (Cwd) |
| Tongan | Ofa | Love, esteem, mercy | (Mar) |
| Tuamotu | Aroha | Love, pity, compassion | (Stn) |
| Tuvalu | Alofa | Love, pity, compassion | (Rby) |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Alofa | Mercy, love | (Ray) |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Aloha | Be sorry, be sad, pity | (Hvn) |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Alofa/sia | To pity | (Ray) |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Aloha/hia | Have compassion or sorrow for | (Hvn) |
| West Futuna | Arofa (WFU), alofa (ANI) | Sorrow, pity, compassion, love; present, gift; gesture of kindness or sympathy; paint for rubbing on persons so that their enemies may not kill them | (Dty) |
| West Futuna | Tangi arofa | Cris, lamentation (deuils) | (Rve) |
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