Reconstruction:Proto-Oceanic/tiʀom

This Proto-Oceanic 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-Oceanic

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tiʀəm.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tiʀom/

Noun

*tiʀom

  1. oyster (mollusk)

Descendants

  • Admiralties Islands:
    • Yapese: yiim
  • Central–Eastern Oceanic:
    • Central Pacific:
      • Fijian: dio
      • Proto-Polynesian: *tio
        • Proto-Nuclear Polynesian:
          • Proto-Eastern Polynesian:
            • Marquesic:
              • Hawaiian: kio
              • Mangarevan: tio
              • North Marquesan: tio
              • South Marquesan: tio
            • Tahitic:
          • Western Polynesian:
            • Ellicean–Outlier:
            • Futunic:
            • Samoic:
          • Tongic:
      • Western Fijian: tio
    • Southeast Solomonic:
      • Bugotu–Gela:
      • Malaita–Makira:
        • Makira:
        • North–Central Malaita:
          • Kwaio: ilo
          • Lau: ʼilo
          • To'abaita: ilo
        • Southern Malaita:
        • Sa'a: iilo
  • Western Oceanic:
    • Meso-Melanesian:
      • Muduapa: tilo
      • Uneapa: chiro-chiromo
    • North New Guinea:

Further reading

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