Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/ijuŋ

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

Alternative forms

• *ujuŋ

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *mujiŋ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iɡʲuŋ/

Noun

*ijuŋ

1. nose (organ of the face)

Descendants

• Proto-Philippine:
  • Central Cagayan Agta: igung
  • Cuyunon: irong
  • Ibanag: igung
  • Maguindanao: ngirung
  • Manobo:
    • Kagayanen: irong
  • Maranao: ngirong
  • Tagalog: ilong
  • Tausug: ilung
  • Tiruray: irong
  • Waray-Waray: irong
• North Bornean:
  • Sabahan:
    • Ida'an: irung
• Barito:
  • Malagasy: orona
• Northwest Sumatra–Barrier Islands
  • Nias: ikhu
  • Batak
    • Toba Batak: igung
• Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan:
  • Proto-Malayo-Chamic:
    • Proto-Chamic: *ʔiduŋ
      • Acehnese: idông
      • Tsat: thuŋ¹¹
    • Proto-Malayic:
      • Iban: idung
      • Brunei Malay: idung
      • Malay: hidung, hidong (1924-1972)
        • Indonesian: hidung
  • Sundanese: ᮄᮛᮥᮀ (irung)
• Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:
  • Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:
    • Proto-Oceanic:
      • Central-Eastern Oceanic:
        • Fijian: ucu
      • Proto-Polynesian:
        • Proto-Nuclear Polynesian:
          • Proto-Eastern Polynesian:
            • Hawaiian: ihu
            • Maori: ihu
            • Rapa Nui: ihu
            • Tahitian: ihu