Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/nipən

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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

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Etymology

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From Proto-Austronesian *nipən.

Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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*nipən

  1. tooth (biological tooth)

Descendants

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  • Philippine
    • Northern Luzon
      • Ilocano: ngipen
    • Central Luzon
    • Greater Central Philippine
      • Proto-Central Philippine
        • Tagalog: ngipin
        • Bikol
          • Coastal Bikol
        • Proto-Bisayan
          • Cebuano: ngipon
          • Central Bisayan
          • Southern Bisayan
            • Butuan-Tausug
  • Bornean
    • North Bornean
      • North Sarawakan
  • Nuclear Malayo-Polynesian
    • Chamorro: nifen
    • Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
      • Proto-Oceanic: *nipon
        • Central–Eastern Oceanic
          • Southeast Solomonic
            • Malaita-San Cristobal
              • Malaita
                • Northern Malaita
            • Micronesian
              • Nuclear Micronesian
                • Gilbertese: ngii
                • Marshallese: ñi
                • Chuukic-Pohnpeic
            • Central Pacific
              • Proto-Polynesian: *nifo
                • Tongic:
                • Nuclear Polynesian:
                  • Futunic:
                  • Ellicean:
                    • Samoic:
                      • Samoan: nifo
                      • Ellicean-Outlier:
                      • Eastern Polynesian:
                        • Rapa Nui: niho
                        • Central-Eastern Polynesian