Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/nipən

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Proto-Malayo-Polynesian

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *nipən.

Alternative forms

Noun

*nipən

  1. (anatomy) tooth

Descendants

  • Philippine
    • Northern Luzon
      • Ilocano: ngipen
    • Sambalic
    • Central Philippine
    • Coastal Bikol
    • Bisayan
    • Central Bisayan
    • Butuan-Tausug
  • North Bornean
  • Chamorro: nifen
  • Proto-Oceanic: *nipon
    • Northern Malaita
    • Nuclear Micronesian
    • Chuukic
    • Pohnpeic
    • Central Pacific
      • Proto-Polynesian: *nifo (see there for further descendants)
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