Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/tiʀəm
Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
editPronunciation
editNoun
edit*tiʀəm
- oyster (mollusk)
Descendants
edit- Philippine
- Northern Luzon
- Ilocano: tirem
- Northern Luzon
- Barito
- North Bornean
- Malayo-Sumbawan
- Old Javanese: tirĕm
- South Sulawesi
- Makasar: terang
- Celebic
- Central Malayo-Polynesian
- Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
- Halmahera Cenderawasih
- Proto-Oceanic: *tiʀom
- Admiralties Islands:
- Yapese: yiim
- Central–Eastern Oceanic:
- Western Oceanic:
- Meso-Melanesian:
- Muduapa: tilo
- Uneapa: chiro-chiromo
- North New Guinea:
- Gedaged: tiz
- Meso-Melanesian:
- Admiralties Islands:
Further reading
edit- Blust's Austronesian Comparative Dictionary – *tiRem
- Wolff, J. U. (2010) Proto-Austronesian Phonology with Glossary, NY: Cornell Southeast Asia Program Publications.