Maori arero

← Hawaiian alelo (cognate)

← Kiput deleiʔ (cognate)

← Malay lidah (cognate)

← Proto-Polynesian *qalelo (inherited)

← Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *deləq (inherited)

← Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dilaq (inherited)

← Rapa Nui arero (cognate)

← Tagalog dila (cognate)

→ Hawaiian alelo (cognate)

→ Rapa Nui 'arero (cognate)