Reconstruction:Proto-Austronesian/nipən

This Proto-Austronesian 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-Austronesian

Etymology

Compare Proto-Tai *wanᴬ (“tooth”) (whence Thai ฟัน (fan, “tooth”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nipən/

Noun

*nipən

1. tooth (biological tooth)

Descendants

• Northern Formosan
  • Thao: nipin
• Proto-Malayo-Polynesian: *nipən (see there for further descendants)

References

• Blust's Austronesian Comparative Dictionary — *nipən
• Micronesian Comparative Dictionary — PMc *ŋii (< POc *nipon)