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*Nipis thinness (of materials)

PAN Nipis thinness, of materials ⇫ ¶

Form.
Tsou	hipsi	thin, flat

PMP nipis thinness, of materials ⇫ ¶

WMP
Tsat	pi⁵⁵	thin (of materials)
Tagalog	nipís	thinness (as of a slice of cheese)
Chamorro	ka-nifes	thin, flimsy, not thick, sheer
Hanunóo	nipís	thinness, referring to
Romblomanon	ka-nipis-nīpis	very thin (as the shell of a mollusk)
	ka-nipis	thin (as the shell of a mollusk)
Masbatenyo	pa-nipis-án	be thinned (as lumber that is trimmed down for some purpose)
	mag-nipís	become thin (as overused cloth)
Aklanon	pa-nípis	to have a very close call (danger, death); to pass through a crowd or crowded area with great difficulty
	nipís	to become thin(ner), less thick
Agutaynen	nipit	thin
	pa-nipit-en	to make something thin (as cloth when weaving)
Hiligaynon	mag-nipís	to be thinner, to reduce in volume or thickness
	nipis-ún	to be thinner, to reduce in volume or thickness
Cebuano	tag-nipís	name given to various kinds of long and slender sardines and herrings
	nipís	thin, not thick (as the pages of a Bible); thin, scanty; become, make thin; do something on a scanty scale, thin something out (as hair)
	pa-nipís	come too close to another vehicle
Binukid	nipis-a	cut it thin! (as in slicing meat)
Molbog	nipis	thin
Maranao	nipis-i	flatten; to make thin (as wood by whittling)
	nipis	thinness
Manobo (Western Bukidnon)	nipis	of flat objects, thin
Samal	nipis	thin
Tiruray	nifis	thin, as paper
Tombonuwo	po-nipis-on	to flatten, make thin
	o-nipis	thin
Mapun	nipis	thinness; slenderness (as of cloth, paper, human body)
	nipis-un	to make something thin, make something thinner
Tausug	nipis	thinness, flimsiness, sleaziness
	mag-nipis	to become thin or thinner
	n<um>ipis	to become thin or thinner
	nipis-an	to make (something) thinner, take away some thickness
Murut (Tagol)	a-nipis	thin (materials)
Gayō	nipis	thin (of materials)
Talaud	nipi	thin
Kelabit	nipi	thin (of materials)
Sangir	nipiʔ	thin, flat, scarce, scanty
Kayan (Uma Juman)	ñipi	thin, of things
Toba Batak	pa-nipis-hon	make something thin
	mar-nipis	become progressively thinner
	nipis	thin
Malay	nipis	thin; tenuous (skin of fruits, lips, paper)
	limau nipis	the common thin-skinned lime fruit, Citrus aurantiaca
Tonsea	nipis	thin
Bantik	nípisiʔ	thin
Tombulu	nipis	thin
Tontemboan	nimpis	thin
	n<um>impis	make something thin
Totoli	nipis	thin (object)
Nias	a-nifi	thin, flat; to ameliorate, as a debt
Dampelas	nimpis	thin (object)
Mongondow	i-nipit-ai	make it thinner!
Kayan	ñipih	thin (of an object), not of man or animals
	ñipi	thin, of things
Balaesang	nimpis	thin (object)
Mentawai	nipi	thin, fine
Banggai	maŋ-ka-nipi	make something thin
	ka-nipi	thinness
Ngaju Dayak	mampa-nipis	make something thin(ner)
	ka-nipis	thinness
Bare'e	ka-nipi	thinness, flatness, fineness
Tae'	nipiʔ	thin, flat
Boano	nipis	thin (object)
Buginese	nipiʔ	thin (as cloth)
Wolio	makolona nipi	lime (fruit; with thin skin)
Muna	nifi	thin (as sarong cloth)
Makassarese	nipisiʔ	thin, of flat objects; light, in the sense of not being of a serious nature
Sundanese	nipis	thinly, poorly; become scanty or trifling
	nipis-ake	to make thinner
Old Javanese	a-nipis	thin, weak; lithe, lissom, supple
Javanese	jeruk nipis	sweet lime (from its thin skin)
Bonerate	mo-nihi	thin
Sasak	nipis	thin
Proto-Bungku-Tolaki	nipiQ	thin (objects)
CMP
Hitu	maniʔi	thin
Asilulu	maʔusi nipis	kind of lime
Tugun	nis	thin
Rembong	nipis	thin
Bimanese	nipi	thin
Komodo	nipih	thin (of boards, membranes)
Ngadha	nipi féci	delicate, thin, fine, beautiful
	pipi nipi	thin cheeks
	nipi	thin
Helong	nihis	thin (of materials)
	nihis	thin
Rotinese	nii	thin, fine, sheer, small; often a predicate of cloth
SHWNG
Gimán	manifis	thin
OC
Luangiua	maŋihi	thin

PAN ma-Nipis thin (of materials) ⇫ ¶

Form.
Kanakanabu	ma-nípi	thin (of materials)
Saaroa	ma-ɬipii	thin (of materials)

PMP ma-nipis thin (of materals) ⇫ ¶

WMP
Sambal (Botolan)	ma-nipih	thin
Sambal	ma-nipih	thin
Tagalog	nipis-án	to make something thin
	ná-paka-nipís	very thin; sheer; almost transparent
	n<um>ipís	to become thin
	ma-nipís	thin (as cloth, clouds in the sky); flimsy; light and thin
	pa-nipis-ín	to cause something to become thin
Hanunóo	ma-nipís	thin
Romblomanon	ma-nipis	thin (as the shell of a pearl oyster)
Masbatenyo	ma-nipís	thin, flimsy, sheer (as cloth)
Kalamian Tagbanwa	ma-nipis	thin
Aklanon	ma-nipís	thin, narrow, not thick
Agutaynen	ma-nipit	thin (as cloth)
Hiligaynon	ma-nipís	thin, reduced in volume
Palawan Batak	ma-nipís	thin
Binukid	ma-nipis	thin, not thick (flat object)
Maranao	ma-nipis	thin in dimension
Palauan	mə-lilíut	thin and flat; slender
Mansaka	manipis	thin (as paper or cloth)
Mapun	ma-nipis	thin; slender
Tausug	ma-nipis	thin (as person, book, pad of paper); (of cloth) flimsy, sleazy
Sangir	ma-nipiʔ	thin, flat, scarce, scanty
Tontemboan	ma-nimpis	become thin
Mongondow	mo-nipit	thin, as the flesh of fruits
Banggai	ma-nipi	thin
Ngaju Dayak	ma-nipis	thin (as a board)
Bare'e	ma-nipi	thin, flat, fine
Tae'	ma-nipiʔ	thin, flat
Popalia	mu-nihi	thin
Malagasy	ma-nifi	thin
CMP
Soboyo	manipi	thin, of flat objects
Kola	manifi	thin
Luang	m-nihə	thin
Adonara	me-nipi	thin
Atoni	ma-nihis	thin
Kambera	ma-nipihu	fine, of plaitwork (as a mat)
Hawu	məni	fine, thin
Rotinese	ma-nii	become thin
Dhao/Ndao	mani	thin
SHWNG
Kowiai/Koiwai	manifi-n	thin
OC
Woleaian	malif	(to be) thin, lack thickness (as cloth)
Manam	manipi	thin, fine
Nduke	manivisi	thin
Hoava	manivisi	thin
Roviana	manivisi	thin in texture
Bugotu	manivi	thin
Tuvaluan	maanifi	thin (emphatic)
	manifi	thin
Arosi	manihi	thin
	manihis-i	to be thin from
	haʔa-manihi	to make thin
Tikopia	manifi-fi	thin
Samoan	faʔa-manifi	grind, sharpen (as an axe); thinly
	manifi	be thin (as paper)
Futunan	mānifi	thin (in thickness)
Apma	te-mnipnip	thin
Atchin	mi-menivniv	thin (of materials)
Tongan	manifi	thin, --- of board or paper, etc., but not of stick or thread; thin, sparse, --- of mist, forest, etc.
Maori	mānihi	narrow, contract

POC manipi-nipis very thin ⇫ ¶

OC
Carolinian	málifi-lif	thin, flimsy, flexible
Marshallese	māni	thin, flimsy (as clothing)
Woleaian	malifi-lif	(to be) thin, lack thickness (as cloth)
Pohnpeian	menipi-nip	thin, of flat objects as paper
Mokilese	minip-nip	thin
Tuvaluan	manifi-nifi	thin (of many)
Arosi	manihi-nihi	thin
Anuta	manipi-nipi	thin
Rennellese	manihi-nihi	temple (above cheeks)
Samoan	mānifi-nifi	be thin (as paper)
Baetora	manif-nif	thin
Vinmavis	i-malif-a-lif	thin
Bonga	manivi-niv	thin
Tongan	manifi-nifiʔaŋa	place or spot where it is thinnest; temples
	manifi-nifi	comparatively thin, especially thin, quite thin
Peterara	manif-nifi	thin

Reconstructions

PAN	Nipis	thinness, of materials
PMP	nipis	thinness, of materials
PAN	ma-Nipis	thin (of materials)
PMP	ma-nipis	thin (of materals)
POC	manipi-nipis	very thin

Note

Also Karo Batak me-nipes ‘be thin, as bamboo, paper, cloth)’, Kambera manipa ‘thin (as cloth)’, Fordata nifit ‘thin’. With root *-pis₂ ‘thin, tenuous; fine’. Although this term evidently referred to the thinness of flat objects in general, it is associated particularly often in sentence examples of the primary sources with woven cloth, and it appears likely that it was applied with very high frequency to describing fabric that was thinner than usual.

Tsuchida (1976) reconstructed PAn *Nix₁əpis ‘thin’, adding a syllable to account for the preconsonantal aspirate of Saisiyat lihpih-an ‘thin (as paper)’. However, numerous other words for this meaning contain a reflex of *-pis₂, as Pazeh halipit ‘thin’, Amis (Kiwit) kuhpits ‘thin’, Paiwan ɬusepit ‘be thin (as paper)’, Kavalan inpis ~ impis ‘thin (like paper)’, Yami ma-taripis ‘thin (as a board)’, Isneg iŋpít ‘thin, tenuous (paper, plates, strings, etc.)’, as well as others that mimic the same root, as with Bunun ma-nisbis ‘thin’ (Ferrell 1969), or Puyuma (Tamalakaw) a-RipiT ‘thin, as a board or the arm’. Given this rampant variation on a common theme there is no special reason to assume that Saisiyat lihpih-an reflects *Nipis rather than being just another innovation that contains a reflex of the root *-pis₂.