ʻōlelo

Hawaiian

Etymology

Either from:

alelo, from Proto-Polynesian *qalelo (cognate with Maori arero),[1][2] from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *deləq (compare Kiput deleiʔ), doublet of Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dilaq (compare Tagalog dila, Malay lidah).
Proto-Polynesian *kolelo[2] thus cognate with Maori kōrero.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʔoːˈle.lo/, [ʔoːˈlɛlo]

Noun

ʻōlelo

Verb

ʻōlelo

Derived terms

pahu ʻōlelo

References

Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “qalelo”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online‎
Pukui, Mary Kawena; Elbert, Samuel H. (1986) Hawaiian Dictionary‎, revised & enlarged edition, Honolulu, HI: University of Hawai'i Press, →ISBN, page 20, 284

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