Reconstruction:Proto-Oceanic/tian

This Proto-Oceanic 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-Oceanic

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tian, from Proto-Austronesian *tiaN.

Noun

*tian

1. belly, abdomen

Descendants

• Central-Eastern Oceanic:
  • Central Pacific:
    • Proto-Polynesian: *tia
      • Futunic:
        • Pukapukan: tia
      • Marquesic:
        • North Marquesan: tiʻa
      • Tahitic:
        • Maori: tia
        • Tahitian: tia
        • Tuamotuan: tia
    • Rotuman: fia
  • 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-
• Western Oceanic:
  • Meso-Melanesian:
    • Northwest Solomonic:
      • Mono–Uruavan:
        • Alu: tiana
        • Torau: tiala
      • New Georgia:
        • Hoava: tia-
        • Roviana: tiana
        • Simbo: tia
      • Ysabel:
        • Kokota: tiana
    • St. George:
      • Tolai: tiana
  • North New Guinea:
    • Kairiru: tiye-
    • Mengen: sia-

Further reading

• Blust's Austronesian Comparative Dictionary – *tiaN