Reconstruction:Proto-Malayic/impi

This Proto-Malayic 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-Malayic

Alternative forms

*mimpi (<*um-impi)

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hipi, from Proto-Austronesian *Sipi.

Verb

*impi

(intransitive) to dream (see imaginary events while sleeping)

Descendants

Banjarese: mimpi
Kendayan: mimpi
Ibanic
- Iban: mimpɪi̯
- Keninjal: mimpi
- Mualang: mimpi
- Seberuang: mimpey
Malayan
- Malay: impi, mimpi
  - Indonesian: impi, mimpi
- Central Malay: mimpi
- Minangkabau: mimpi
- Pattani Malay: มีปี (mipi)
Urak Lawoi': มีปี (mipi)

References

Adelaar, K. A. (1992) Proto-Malayic: The reconstruction of its phonology and parts of its lexicon and morphology‎^[1], Canberra: The Australian National University
Smith, A. (2017) The Languages of Borneo: A Comprehensive Classification, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa