< Reconstruction:Proto-Oceanic
Reconstruction:Proto-Oceanic/tiʀom
Proto-Oceanic
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tiʀəm.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tiʀom/
Noun
*tiʀom
- 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:
- Maori: tio
- Rapa: tio
- Rarotongan: tio
- Tahitian: tio
- Tuamotuan: tio
- Marquesic:
- Western Polynesian:
- Ellicean–Outlier:
- Pileni: sio
- Tuvaluan: tio
- Futunic:
- Anuta: tio
- Futuna-Aniwa: tio
- Pukapukan: tio
- Tikopia: tio
- Samoic:
- Samoan: tio
- Tokelauan: tio
- Ellicean–Outlier:
- Tongic:
- Niuean: tio
- Tongan: sio
- Proto-Eastern Polynesian:
- Proto-Nuclear Polynesian:
- Western Fijian: tio
- Southeast Solomonic:
- Bugotu–Gela:
- Gela: tilo
- Malaita–Makira:
- Makira:
- Arosi: iro
- North–Central Malaita:
- Kwaio: ilo
- Lau: ʼilo
- To'abaita: ilo
- Southern Malaita:
- 'Are'are: iro
- Sa'a: iilo
- Makira:
- Bugotu–Gela:
- Central Pacific:
- Western Oceanic:
- Meso-Melanesian:
- Muduapa: tilo
- Uneapa: chiro-chiromo
- North New Guinea:
- Gedaged: tiz
- Meso-Melanesian:
Further reading
- Blust's Austronesian Comparative Dictionary – *tiRem
- Polynesian Lexicon Project Online – TIO.2
- Wolff, J. U. (2010) Proto-Austronesian Phonology with Glossary, NY: Cornell Southeast Asia Program Publications.