< Reconstruction:Proto-Oceanic
Reconstruction:Proto-Oceanic/tian
Proto-Oceanic
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tian, from Proto-Austronesian *tiaN.
Noun
*tian
- belly, abdomen
Descendants
- Central-Eastern Oceanic:
- Central Pacific:
- Polynesian: *tia
- Futunic:
- Pukapukan: tia
- Marquesic:
- North Marquesan: tiʻa
- Tahitic:
- Maori: tia
- Tahitian: tia
- Tuamotuan: tia
- Futunic:
- Rotuman: fia
- Polynesian: *tia
- Micronesian: *tia
- Marshallese: je
- Ulithian: sie-
- Southeast Solomonic:
- Lau: īa
- Sa'a: ie
- Southern Oceanic:
- Aore: tia-
- Merei: tia-
- Tiale: tia-
- Tolomako: tia-
- Valpei: tia-
- Central Pacific:
- Western Oceanic:
- Meso-Melanesian:
- Northwest Solomonic:
- Mono–Uruavan:
- Alu: tiana
- Torau: tiala
- New Georgia:
- Hoava: tia-
- Roviana: tiana
- Simbo: tia
- Ysabel:
- Kokota: tiana
- Mono–Uruavan:
- St. George:
- Tolai: tiana
- Northwest Solomonic:
- North New Guinea:
- Kairiru: tiye-
- Mengen: sia-
- Meso-Melanesian:
Further reading
- Blust's Austronesian Comparative Dictionary – *tiaN