The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary

*kima giant clam, Tridacna gigas

PMP kima giant clam, Tridacna gigas

WMP
Chamorro hima clam – various bivalve mollusks (venus mercenaria)
Tboli kima seashell, the horse conch (the Tboli believe that a piece of this shell placed in the middle of a rice field will give a better harvest)
Palauan kim type of large clam
Yakan kime fluted clam, several species, fam. Tridacnidae (includes T. squamosa, Hippopus hippopus, and Hippopus porcellanus)
Mapun kima giant clam
Kadazan Dusun kimo (a kind of) big oyster
Ida'an Begak kimo oyster
Sangir kima giant clam, Tridacna gigas; two types: (this one is easy to pry up), (hard to pry from the stones it attaches to); the latter are used as pig troughs; also a covert term for vulva
Simalur kimo giant clam, Tridacna spp.
Toba Batak hima large white marine shellfish from which armbands for the upper arm are made (probably < )
Malay siput kima the giant clam, Chaga gigas (used sometimes as a material for kris hilts); = ‘shell, general name for shellfish’
Tontemboan kima shellfish
Tonsawang kima clam shell used as ornament
Nias gima a large shellfish
Mongondow kima kind of oyster
Bungku kima oyster
Buginese kima giant clam, Tridacna gigas
Javanese kima kind of large shellfish
Balinese kima giant clam
Sasak kima large oyster
Malagasy hima a kind of shell (provincial)
Proto-Bungku-Tolaki kima shell
CMP
Soboyo kíma shellfish
Buruese kíma mollusk
Asilulu lawa kima kind of large clam which can be domesticated, esp. Tridacna gigas ( = shellfish, mollusk, snail)
Erai kíma shellfish
Lamaholot kíma shellfish, mussel, oyster
Manggarai hima oyster
Sika ʔima shell
Ngadha kima mussel
Tetun kíma sea shell
Kambera kíma kind of large bivalve; also a symbol of the female genitalia
Rotinese kíma kind of large clam shell; occasionally this seashell half is placed in the space before a house and used … as a feeding trough
OC
Yapese kiim giant clam, Tridacna (< ?)
Woleaian sium giant clam
Puluwat hiim kind of fairly large edible tridacna
himá-n kind of fairly large edible tridacna
Chuukese siim medium-sized tridacna shell (smooth upper surface)
Mokilese kim clam sp., one that drifts freely on the bottom
Nukuoro gima horse hoof clam (Hippopus hippopus)
Kapingamarangi gima horse hoof clam (Hippopus hippopus)
Gilbertese kima a large shell
Toqabaqita ʔima general name for giant clams, Tridacna spp.
Nggela gima species of mollusc, Tridacna gigas
'Āre'āre ima a big clam shell; a big clam shell armlet, worn by the elder men and by the (mythical ancestral warriors) to break the ribs of their victims
Ulawa ʔime a large clamshell armlet, grooved, worn by elder men
Sa'a ʔime the bear’s paw clam
Mota gima the bear’s paw clam