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

1. (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