# tiyan
## Aklanon
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *tian, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tian, from Proto-Austronesian *tiaN.

### Noun

tiyan
* (anatomy) belly, abdomen

## Cebuano
### Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *tian, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tian, from Proto-Austronesian *tiaN. First attested in Antonio Pigafetta's Relazione del primo viaggio intorno al mondo—detailing the first circumnavigation of the world between 1519 and 1522.

### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: ti‧yan
* IPA: /tiˈan/ [ˈt̪jan̪]

### Noun

tiyan
* an organ in animals that stores food in the process of digestion; the stomach
* the belly
* a pork belly

### Verb

tiyan
* to hit or be hit in the belly

#### Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:tiyan.

#### Derived terms

* dakog tiyan
* tiyanon

## Cuyunon
### Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *tian, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tian, from Proto-Austronesian *tiaN.

### Noun

tiyan
* (anatomy) belly; stomach

## Dupaningan Agta
### Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *tian, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tian, from Proto-Austronesian *tiaN.

### Noun

tiyan
* (anatomy) belly; stomach

## Hiligaynon
### Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *tian, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tian, from Proto-Austronesian *tiaN.

### Noun

tiyán
* (anatomy) abdomen; belly; paunch

## Maranao
### Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *tian, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tian, from Proto-Austronesian *tiaN.

### Noun

tiyan
* (anatomy) stomach; abdomen; belly

## Ratagnon
### Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *tian, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tian, from Proto-Austronesian *tiaN.

### Noun

tiyán
* (anatomy) abdomen; belly; paunch

## Tagalog
### Alternative forms

* tian — obsolete
* tiyang — obsolete

### Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *tian (compare Ilocano tian, Kapampangan atian, Tausug tiyan, and West Albay Bikol tuyan), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tian (compare Malay tian (“uterus”) and Maori tia), from Proto-Austronesian *tiaN (compare Amis tiyad). Compare also Hokkien 腸 / 肠 (tn̂g, “intestines”).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /tiˈan/ [ˈt͡ʃan̪]
** IPA: (no yod coalescence) /tiˈan/ [ˈt̪jan̪]
* Rhymes: -an
* Syllabification: ti‧yan

### Noun

tiyán (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜌᜈ᜔) (anatomy)
* abdomen; belly; paunch
    Synonyms: (uncommon) abdomen, (boxing) bodega

#### Derived terms

* halungtiyang
* kalam ng tiyan
* kukulo-kulo ang tiyan
* malaking tiyan
* tiyanin

#### See also

* puson
* sandok-sandukan
* sikmura

### References

* “tiyan”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
* Rosario Torres-Yu, Lilia F. Antonio, Ligaya Tiamson-Rubin (1999) Talinghagang Bukambibig, National Bookstore, →ISBN
* San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎, La Noble Villa de Pila, page 104: “Barriga) Tiyan (pc) del hombre muger o animal”
** page 104: “Barriga) Tiyan (pc) del hombre muger o animal”
** page 600: “Vientre) Tiyan (pc) dela perſona o animal”

## Tausug
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *tian, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tian, from Proto-Austronesian *tiaN.

### Pronunciation

* (Sinūgan Parianun) IPA: /tian/ [ˈt̪jan̪]
* Rhymes: -an
* Syllabification: ti‧yan

### Noun

tiyan (Sulat Sūg spelling تِيَنْ)
* stomach; belly
    Synonym: babat (derogatory)
* womb
    Synonym: kulangan bata'

#### Derived terms

* lawm-tiyan

## Waray-Waray
### Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *tian, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tian, from Proto-Austronesian *tiaN.

### Noun

tiyán
* (anatomy) stomach; belly; abdomen