Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/nipən

This Proto-Malayo-Polynesian entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Malayo-Polynesian

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *nipən.

Alternative forms

*ipən

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /nipən/

Noun

*nipən

tooth (biological tooth)

Descendants

Philippine
- Northern Luzon
  - Ilocano: ngipen
- Greater Central Philippine
  - Proto-Central Philippine
    - Tagalog: ngipin
    - Bikol
      - Coastal Bikol
        Bikol Central: ngipon
    - Proto-Bisayan
      - Cebuano: ngipon
      - Central Bisayan
        Hiligaynon: ngipon
      - Southern Bisayan
        Butuan-Tausug
        Tausug: ipun
Bornean
- North Bornean
  - North Sarawakan
    - Lower Beram
      - Kiput: lipen
Nuclear Malayo-Polynesian
- Chamorro: nifen
- Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
  - Proto-Oceanic: *nipon
    - Central–Eastern Oceanic
      - Southeast Solomonic
        Malaita-San Cristobal
        Malaita
        Northern Malaita
        Kwaio: nifo
        
        Micronesian
        Nuclear Micronesian
        Gilbertese: ngii
        
        Marshallese: ñi
        
        Chuukic-Pohnpeic
        Chuukic
        Chuukese: nii, ngii
        
        Pohnpeic
        Pohnpeian: ngih
        
        Central Pacific
        Proto-Polynesian: *nifo
        Tongic:
        Tongan: nifo
        Niuean: nifo
        Nuclear Polynesian:
        Futunic:
        Anuta: nipo
        Ellicean:
        Samoic:
        Samoan: nifo
        Ellicean-Outlier:
        Tuvaluan: nifo
        Nukuoro: niho
        Eastern Polynesian:
        Rapa Nui: niho
        Central-Eastern Polynesian
        Tahitic:
        Tahitian: niho
        Rarotongan: ni’o
        Maori: niho
        Marquesic:
        Hawaiian: niho

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