Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/nipən

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 *nipən.

Alternative forms

• *ipən

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nipən/

Noun

*nipən

1. tooth (biological tooth)

Descendants

• Philippine
  • Northern Luzon
    • Ilocano: ngipen
  • Central Luzon
    • Sambalic
      • Botolan Sambal: ngipon
      • Sambali: ngipon
  • Greater Central Philippine
    • Proto-Central Philippine
      • Tagalog: ngipin
      • Bikol
        • Coastal Bikol
          • Bikol Central: ngipon
      • Proto-Bisayan
        • Cebuano: ngipon
        • Central Bisayan
          • Hiligaynon: ngipon
        • Southern Bisayan
          • Butuan-Tausug
            • Tausug: ipun
• Bornean
  • North Bornean
    • North Sarawakan
      • Lower Beram
        • Kiput: lipen
• Nuclear Malayo-Polynesian
  • Chamorro: nifen
  • Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
    • Proto-Oceanic: *nipon
      • Central–Eastern Oceanic
        • 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
            • Proto-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