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

Noun

*nipən

(anatomy) tooth

Descendants

Philippine
- Northern Luzon
  - Ilocano: ngipen
- Sambalic
  - Botolan Sambal: ngipon
  - Sambali: ngipon
- Central Philippine
  - Tagalog: ngipin
- Coastal Bikol
  - Bikol Central: ngipon
- Bisayan
  - Cebuano: ngipon
- Central Bisayan
  - Hiligaynon: ngipon
- Butuan-Tausug
  - Tausug: ipun
North Bornean
- Lower Beram
  - Kiput: lipen
Chamorro: nifen
Proto-Oceanic: *nipon
- Northern Malaita
  - Kwaio: nifo
- Nuclear Micronesian
  - Gilbertese: ngii
  - Marshallese: ñi
- Chuukic
  - Chuukese: nii, ngii
- Pohnpeic
  - Pohnpeian: ngih
- Central Pacific
  - Proto-Polynesian: *nifo (see there for further descendants)