Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/kima

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Proto-Malayo-Polynesian

Noun

*kima

  1. the giant clam, Tridacna gigas

Descendants

  • Philippine
    • Greater Central Philippine
      • Central Philippine
        • Tagalog: kimâ (“large shellfish”)
      • Gorontalo–Mongondow
        • Mongondow: kima (“kind of oyster”)
    • South Mindanao
      • Tboli: kima (“seashell”)
    • Sangiric
    • Minahasan
      • Tontemboan: kima (“shellfish”)
      • Tonsawang: kima
  • Barito
    • Sama–Bajaw
      • Yakan: kime (“fluted clam”)
      • Mapun: kima
    • East Barito
      • Malagasy: hima (“a kind of shell”)
  • North Bornean
    • Northeast Sabahan
      • Ida'an: kimo (“oyster”)
    • Southwest Sabahan
      • Central Dusun: kimo (“a kind of big oyster”)
  • Northwest Sumatra–Barrier Islands
    • Batak
      • Karo Batak: hima (“large white marine shellfish”)
    • Simeulue: kimo
    • Nias: gima (“a large shellfish”)
  • Malayo-Sumbawan
  • Javanese: ꦏꦶꦩ (kima, “kind of large shellfish”)
  • South Sulawesi
  • Celebic
    • Bungku–Tolaki: *kima (“shell”)
      • Bungku: kima (“oyster”)
  • Chamorro: hima (“clam”)
  • Palauan: kim (“type of large clam”)
  • Central Malayo-Polynesian
    • Sumba–Flores
      • Manggarai: hima (“oyster”)
      • Ngadha: kima (“mussel”)
      • Kambera: kíma (“kind of large bivalve”)
    • Flores–Lembata
      • Sika: 'ima (“shell”)
      • Lamaholot: kíma (“shellfish; mussel; oyster”)
    • Timoric
      • Tetum: kima (“sea shell”)
    • Central Maluku
      • Buru (Indonesia): kima (“mollusk”)
      • Asilulu: kima
  • Oceanic
    • Admiralty Islands
    • Southeast Solomonic
      • Bugotu–Gela
      • Malaita–Makira
        • To'abaita: ʼima
        • 'Are'are: ima (“a big clam shell”)
        • Sa'a: 'ime (“the bear’s paw clam”)
    • Micronesian
      • Gilbertese: kima (“a large shell”)
      • Pohnpeic
        • Mokilese: kim (“clam”)
      • Chuukic
        • Chuukese: siim (“medium-sized tridacna shell”)
        • Puluwat: hiim (“kind of fairly large edible tridacna”)
        • Woleaian: sium
    • Southern Oceanic
      • Mota: gima (“the bear’s paw clam”)
    • Central Pacific
      • Polynesian
        • Kapingamarangi: gima (“horse hoof clam”)
        • Nukuoro: gima (“horse hoof clam”)

References

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