Uneapa edit

Etymology edit

From monge (to sleep) + Proto-Oceanic *nipi (to dream) with reduplication, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hinipi, from *hipi, from Proto-Austronesian *Sipi.

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

mongeninipi

  1. to have a dream

Further reading edit

  • Malcolm Ross, Proto Oceanic and the Austronesian Languages of Western Melanesia, Pacific Linguistics, series C-98 (1988)
  • Ross, Malcolm D. (2016) Andrew Pawley, editor, The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic: Volume 5, People: body and mind, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, →OCLC; republished as Meredith Osmond, editor, (Please provide a date or year)