Reconstruction:Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian/ikan

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This Proto-Eastern 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-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hikan, from Proto-Austronesian *Sikan.

Noun

*ikan

  1. fish (vertebrate animal)

Descendants

  • Proto-Halmahera-Cenderawasih:
  • Proto-Oceanic: *ikan
    • Central-Eastern Oceanic:
      • Central Oceanic:
        • Fijian: ika
        • Proto-Polynesian: *ika
          • Proto-Nuclear Polynesian:
            • Niuatoputapu: ika
            • Proto-Eastern Polynesian:
            • Samoan: i'a
          • Tongan: ika
      • Micronesian:
    • Western Oceanic: