Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/hikan

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 *Sikan.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /hikan/

Noun

*hikan

fish (vertebrate animal)

Descendants

Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:
- Central Malyo-Polynesian:
  - Alune: iane
  - Komodo: ihang
  - Tetum: ikan
- Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian: *ikan
  - Proto-Halmahera-Cenderawasih:
    - Gane: ian
    - Sawai: in
    - East Makian: yan
  - Proto-Oceanic: *ikan
    - Central-Eastern Oceanic:
      - Central Oceanic:
        Fijian: ika
        Proto-Polynesian: *ika
        Proto-Nuclear Polynesian:
        Niuatoputapu: ika
        Proto-Eastern Polynesian:
        Hawaiian: i'a
        Maori: ika
        Rapa Nui: ika
        Tahitian: i'a
        Samoan: i'a
        Tongan: ika
      - Micronesian:
        Chuukese: iik
    - Western Oceanic:
      - Dobu: iana
      - Kove: iha
Western Malayo-Polynesian:
- Borneo-Philippines:
  - Proto-Philippine:
    - Ilocano: ikan
    - Limos Kalinga: ikan
- Proto-Sunda-Sulawesi:
  - Chamorro: guihan
  - Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan:
    - Proto-Malayo-Chamic:
      - Proto-Malayic: *ikan
        Iban: ikan
        Brunei Malay: ikan
        Malay: ikan
        Indonesian: ikan
        Urak Lawoi': อีกัด (ikat)
  - Palauan: ngikel