Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/hikan

This Proto-Malayo-Polynesian entry contains reconstructed words 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

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *Sikan.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /hikan/

Noun

*hikan

fish (vertebrate animal)

Descendants

Borneo-Philippines:
- Philippine:
  - Ilocano: ikan
  - Limos Kalinga: ikan
Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:
- Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:
  - Oceanic:
    - Central-Eastern Oceanic:
      - Fijian: ika
      - Micronesian:
        Chuukese: iik
      - Polynesian: *ika
        Nuclear Polynesian:
        Niuatoputapu: ika
        Eastern Polynesian:
        Hawaiian: i'a
        Maori: ika
        Rapa Nui: ika
        Tahitian: i'a
        Samoan: i'a
        Tongan: ika
- Tetum: ikan
Sunda-Sulawesi:
- Chamorro: guihan
- Malayo-Sumbawan:
  - Malayo-Chamic:
    - Malayic: *ikan
      - Iban: ikan
      - Malayan
        Malay: ikan
        Indonesian: ikan
- Palauan: ngikel

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