Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/kima

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

Noun

*kima

1. the giant clam, Tridacna gigas

Descendants

• Philippine
  • Greater Central Philippine
    • Central Philippine
      • Tagalog: kimâ (“large shellfish”)
    • Gorontalo–Mongondow
      • Mongondow: kima (“kind of oyster”)
  • South Mindanao
    • Tboli: kima (“seashell”)
  • Sangiric
    • Sangir: kima
  • Minahasan
    • Tontemboan: kima (“shellfish”)
    • Tonsawang: kima
• Barito
  • Sama–Bajaw
    • Yakan: kime (“fluted clam”)
    • Mapun: kima
  • East Barito
    • Malagasy: hima (“a kind of shell”)
• North Bornean
  • Northeast Sabahan
    • Ida'an: kimo (“oyster”)
  • Southwest Sabahan
    • Central Dusun: kimo (“a kind of big oyster”)
• Northwest Sumatra–Barrier Islands
  • Batak
    • Karo Batak: hima (“large white marine shellfish”)
  • Simeulue: kimo
  • Nias: gima (“a large shellfish”)
• Malayo-Sumbawan
  • Malayic
    • Malay: kima
      • Indonesian: kima
  • Bali–Sasak–Sumbawa
    • Balinese: ᬓᬶᬫ (kima)
    • Sasak: kima (“large oyster”)
• Javanese: ꦏꦶꦩ (kima, “kind of large shellfish”)
• South Sulawesi
  • Buginese: ᨀᨗᨆ (kima)
• Celebic
  • Bungku–Tolaki: *kima (“shell”)
    • Bungku: kima (“oyster”)
• Chamorro: hima (“clam”)
• Palauan: kim (“type of large clam”)
• Central Malayo-Polynesian
  • Sumba–Flores
    • Manggarai: hima (“oyster”)
    • Ngadha: kima (“mussel”)
    • Kambera: kíma (“kind of large bivalve”)
  • Flores–Lembata
    • Sika: 'ima (“shell”)
    • Lamaholot: kíma (“shellfish; mussel; oyster”)
  • Timoric
    • Tetum: kima (“sea shell”)
  • Central Maluku
    • Buru (Indonesia): kima (“mollusk”)
    • Asilulu: kima
• Oceanic
  • Admiralty Islands
    • Yapese: kiim
  • Southeast Solomonic
    • Bugotu–Gela
      • Gela: gima
    • Malaita–Makira
      • To'abaita: ʼima
      • 'Are'are: ima (“a big clam shell”)
      • Sa'a: 'ime (“the bear’s paw clam”)
  • Micronesian
    • Gilbertese: kima (“a large shell”)
    • Pohnpeic
      • Mokilese: kim (“clam”)
    • Chuukic
      • Chuukese: siim (“medium-sized tridacna shell”)
      • Puluwat: hiim (“kind of fairly large edible tridacna”)
      • Woleaian: sium
  • Southern Oceanic
    • Mota: gima (“the bear’s paw clam”)
  • Central Pacific
    • Polynesian
      • Kapingamarangi: gima (“horse hoof clam”)
      • Nukuoro: gima (“horse hoof clam”)

References

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