Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/nipən

This Proto-Malayo-Polynesian entry contains reconstructed words 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
- Central Philippine
  - Tagalog: ngipin
  - Visayan
    - Cebuano: ngipon
Bornean
- North Bornean
  - North Sarawakan
    - Lower Beram
      - Kiput: lipen
Nuclear Malayo-Polynesian
- Sunda-Sulawesi
  - Chamorro: nifen
- Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
  - Oceanic: *nipon
  - 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
      - 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