Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/tiŋah

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 *CiŋaS.

Noun

*tiŋah

food particles caught between the teeth

Descendants

Philippine
- Batanic
  - Ivatan: tinya
  - Ibatan: tinya
- Northern Luzon
  - Northwestern Luzon
    - Casiguran Dumagat Agta: tinga
- Central Luzon
  - Kapampangan: tinga
- Greater Central Philippine
  - Central Philippine
    - Tagalog: tingá
    - Bikol Central: tinga
    - Mansaka: tinga
    - Visayan
      - Cebuano: tinga
      - Aklanon: tinga
  - South Mangyan
    - Hanunoo: tingá
  - Manobo
    - Western Bukidnon Manobo: tinga
- Minahasan: *tiŋa
North Bornean
- Northeast Sabahan
  - Ida'an: tingo
Malayo-Sumbawan
- Malayic
  - Iban: tinga
Celebic
- Kaili–Pamona
  - Pamona: tinga

References

Blust, Robert & Stephen Trussell, Austronesian Comparative Dictionary – *CiŋaS.