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

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