Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/hikan

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

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *Sikan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hikan/

Noun

*hikan

1. fish (vertebrate animal)

Descendants

• Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:
  • Central Malyo-Polynesian:
    • Alune: iane
    • Komodo: ihang
    • Tetum: ikan
  • Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian: *ikan
    • Proto-Halmahera-Cenderawasih:
      • Gane: ian
      • Sawai: in
      • East Makian: yan
    • Proto-Oceanic: *ikan
      • Central-Eastern Oceanic:
        • Central Oceanic:
          • Fijian: ika
          • Proto-Polynesian: *ika
            • Proto-Nuclear Polynesian:
              • Niuatoputapu: ika
              • Proto-Eastern Polynesian:
                • Hawaiian: i'a
                • Maori: ika
                • Rapa Nui: ika
                • Tahitian: i'a
              • Samoan: i'a
            • Tongan: ika
        • Micronesian:
          • Chuukese: iik
      • Western Oceanic:
        • Dobu: iana
        • Kove: iha
• Western Malayo-Polynesian:
  • Proto-Philippine:
    • Ilocano: ikan
    • Limos Kalinga: ikan
  • Chamorro: guihan
  • Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan:
    • Proto-Malayo-Chamic:
      • Proto-Malayic: *ikan
        • Iban: ikan
        • Brunei Malay: ikan
        • Malay: ikan
          • Indonesian: ikan
        • Urak Lawoi': อีกัด (ikat)
  • Palauan: ngikel