Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/kima

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

Noun

*kima

the giant clam, Tridacna gigas

Descendants

Philippine
- Greater Central Philippine
  - Central Philippine
    - Tagalog: kimâ (“large shellfish”)
  - Gorontalo–Mongondow
    - Mongondow: kima (“kind of oyster”)
- South Mindanao
  - Tboli: kima (“seashell”)
- Sangiric
  - Sangir: kima
- Minahasan
  - Tontemboan: kima (“shellfish”)
  - Tonsawang: kima
Barito
- Sama–Bajaw
  - Yakan: kime (“fluted clam”)
  - Mapun: kima
- East Barito
  - Malagasy: hima (“a kind of shell”)
North Bornean
- Northeast Sabahan
  - Ida'an: kimo (“oyster”)
- Southwest Sabahan
  - Central Dusun: kimo (“a kind of big oyster”)
Northwest Sumatra–Barrier Islands
- Batak
  - Karo Batak: hima (“large white marine shellfish”)
- Simeulue: kimo
- Nias: gima (“a large shellfish”)
Malayo-Sumbawan
- Malayic
  - Malay: kima
    - Indonesian: kima
- Bali–Sasak–Sumbawa
  - Balinese: ᬓᬶᬫ (kima)
  - Sasak: kima (“large oyster”)
Javanese: ꦏꦶꦩ (kima, “kind of large shellfish”)
South Sulawesi
- Buginese: ᨀᨗᨆ (kima)
Celebic
- Bungku–Tolaki: *kima (“shell”)
  - Bungku: kima (“oyster”)
Chamorro: hima (“clam”)
Palauan: kim (“type of large clam”)
Central Malayo-Polynesian
- Sumba–Flores
  - Manggarai: hima (“oyster”)
  - Ngadha: kima (“mussel”)
  - Kambera: kíma (“kind of large bivalve”)
- Flores–Lembata
  - Sika: 'ima (“shell”)
  - Lamaholot: kíma (“shellfish; mussel; oyster”)
- Timoric
  - Tetum: kima (“sea shell”)
- Central Maluku
  - Buru (Indonesia): kima (“mollusk”)
  - Asilulu: kima
Oceanic
- Admiralty Islands
  - Yapese: kiim
- Southeast Solomonic
  - Bugotu–Gela
    - Gela: gima
  - Malaita–Makira
    - To'abaita: ʼima
    - 'Are'are: ima (“a big clam shell”)
    - Sa'a: 'ime (“the bear’s paw clam”)
- Micronesian
  - Gilbertese: kima (“a large shell”)
  - Pohnpeic
    - Mokilese: kim (“clam”)
  - Chuukic
    - Chuukese: siim (“medium-sized tridacna shell”)
    - Puluwat: hiim (“kind of fairly large edible tridacna”)
    - Woleaian: sium
- Southern Oceanic
  - Mota: gima (“the bear’s paw clam”)
- Central Pacific
  - Polynesian
    - Kapingamarangi: gima (“horse hoof clam”)
    - Nukuoro: gima (“horse hoof clam”)

References

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

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