Reconstruction:Proto-Oceanic/taŋiʀi

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 *taŋiʀi.

The reflexes in the Admiralty Islands languages appear to be loans from a still unidentified source distinct from Tok Pisin tangir.

Noun

*taŋiʀi

1. Spanish mackerel, kingfish: Scomberomorus spp.

Descendants

• Admiralty Islands
  • Penchal: tangini
  • Titan: tangili
  • Wuvulu-Aua: taniri
• Western Oceanic
  • North New Guinea
    • Schouten
      • Kairiru: tangir
      • Wogeo: tangir
      • Manam: tangiri
    • Ngero–Vitiaz
      • Gedaged: tangiz
      • Gitua: tangir
    • Huon Gulf
      • Numbami: tangili
  • Meso-Melanesian
    • Roviana: tangiri
• Central-Eastern Oceanic
  • Southeast Solomonic
    • Sa'a: aangili
    • 'Are'are: aniri
  • Micronesian
    • Gilbertese: tangii
    • Chuukese: sengir
    • Puluwat: hángiŕ
    • Woleaian: tangir
  • Central Pacific
    • Polynesian
      • Nukuoro: dangii
      • Samoan: tagī

References

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