Reconstruction:Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian/ikan

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

fish (vertebrate animal)

Descendants

Proto-Halmahera-Cenderawasih:
- Gane: ian
- Sawai: in
- East Makian: yan
Proto-Oceanic: *ikan
- Central-Eastern Oceanic:
  - Central Oceanic:
    - Fijian: ika
    - Proto-Polynesian: *ika
      - Proto-Nuclear Polynesian:
        Niuatoputapu: ika
        Proto-Eastern Polynesian:
        Hawaiian: i'a
        Maori: ika
        Rapa Nui: ika
        Tahitian: i'a
        Samoan: i'a
      - Tongan: ika
  - Micronesian:
    - Chuukese: iik
- Western Oceanic:
  - Dobu: iana
  - Kove: iha