Reconstruction:Proto-Oceanic/tiʀom

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 *tiʀəm.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tiʀom/

Noun

*tiʀom

1. oyster (mollusk)

Descendants

• Admiralties Islands:
  • Yapese: yiim
• Central–Eastern Oceanic:
  • Central Pacific:
    • Fijian: dio
    • Proto-Polynesian: *tio
      • Proto-Nuclear Polynesian:
        • Proto-Eastern Polynesian:
          • Marquesic:
            • Hawaiian: kio
            • Mangarevan: tio
            • North Marquesan: tio
            • South Marquesan: tio
          • Tahitic:
            • Maori: tio
            • Rapa: tio
            • Rarotongan: tio
            • Tahitian: tio
            • Tuamotuan: tio
        • Western Polynesian:
          • Ellicean–Outlier:
            • Pileni: sio
            • Tuvaluan: tio
          • Futunic:
            • Anuta: tio
            • Futuna-Aniwa: tio
            • Pukapukan: tio
            • Tikopia: tio
          • Samoic:
            • Samoan: tio
            • Tokelauan: tio
        • Tongic:
          • Niuean: tio
          • Tongan: sio
    • Western Fijian: tio
  • Southeast Solomonic:
    • Bugotu–Gela:
      • Gela: tilo
    • Malaita–Makira:
      • Makira:
        • Arosi: iro
      • North–Central Malaita:
        • Kwaio: ilo
        • Lau: ʼilo
        • To'abaita: ilo
      • Southern Malaita:
        • 'Are'are: iro
      • Sa'a: iilo
• Western Oceanic:
  • Meso-Melanesian:
    • Muduapa: tilo
    • Uneapa: chiro-chiromo
  • North New Guinea:
    • Gedaged: tiz

Further reading

• Blust's Austronesian Comparative Dictionary – *tiRem
• Polynesian Lexicon Project Online – TIO.2
• Wolff, J. U. (2010) Proto-Austronesian Phonology with Glossary, NY: Cornell Southeast Asia Program Publications.