Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/tiŋah

This Proto-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-Malayo-Polynesian

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *CiŋaS.

Noun

*tiŋah

1. food particles caught between the teeth

Descendants

• Philippine
  • Batanic
    • Ivatan: tinya
    • Ibatan: tinya
  • Northern Luzon
    • Northwestern Luzon
      • Casiguran Dumagat Agta: tinga
  • Central Luzon
    • Kapampangan: tinga
  • Greater Central Philippine
    • Central Philippine
      • Tagalog: tingá
      • Bikol Central: tinga
      • Mansaka: tinga
      • Visayan
        • Cebuano: tinga
        • Aklanon: tinga
    • South Mangyan
      • Hanunoo: tingá
    • Manobo
      • Western Bukidnon Manobo: tinga
  • Minahasan: *tiŋa
• North Bornean
  • Northeast Sabahan
    • Ida'an: tingo
• Malayo-Sumbawan
  • Malayic
    • Iban: tinga
• Celebic
  • Kaili–Pamona
    • Pamona: tinga

References

• Blust, Robert & Stephen Trussell, Austronesian Comparative Dictionary – *CiŋaS.