nupä

Aiwoo

Etymology

From Proto-Reefs-Santa Cruz *na ppa, from Proto-Oceanic *na papaq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baqbaq.

Noun

nupä

1. his/her/its mouth

References

• Lackey, W.J.. & Boerger, B.H. (2021) “Reexamining the Phonological History of Oceanic's Temotu subgroup”, in Oceanic Linguistics.