Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/(si-)ia

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 *(si-)ia.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /(si)ia/

Pronoun

*(si-)ia

he, him, his, she, her, it

Descendants

Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan:
- Proto-Malayo-Chamic:
  - Proto-Malayic: *ia
    - Malayan
      - Malay: dia, ia, -nya
        Indonesian: dia, ia, -nya
    - Ibanic
      - Iban: iya
Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian: *ia
- Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian: *ia
  - Proto-Oceanic: *ia
    - Proto-Polynesian: *ia (see there for further descendants)
    - Uneapa: ia
Proto-Philippine: *(si-)ia
- Cebuano: siya, iya
- Tagalog: siya, sila
Malagasy: izy

	singular	plural
1st person	*(i-)aku	*(i-)kita (inclusive) *kami (exclusive)
2nd person	*(i-)kahu	*(i-)kam (i)u
3rd person	*(si-)ia	*(si-)ida