nipis

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Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nipis, from Proto-Austronesian *Nipis. Cognate with Malay nipis, Eastern Cham ꨤꨪꨚꨪꩍ (lipih), ꨤꨚꨪꩍ (lapih), Chamorro kanifes.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ni‧pis
  • IPA(key): /niˈpis/

Noun

nipis

  1. thinness
    Synonym: himpis
    Antonym: hibog

Derived terms

Cebuano

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nipis, from Proto-Austronesian *Nipis. Cognate with Malay nipis, Eastern Cham ꨤꨪꨚꨪꩍ (lipih), ꨤꨚꨪꩍ (lapih), Chamorro kanifes.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ni‧pis
  • IPA(key): /niˈpis/

Adjective

nipís (Badlit spelling ᜈᜒᜉᜒᜐ᜔)

  1. thin
    Synonym: hugo
    Antonym: baga

Derived terms

See also

Indonesian

Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

Ellipsis of jeruk nipis (literally “thin citrus/lemon/orange”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: ni‧pis

Noun

nipis (first-person possessive nipisku, second-person possessive nipismu, third-person possessive nipisnya)

  1. citron (Citrus medica)

Further reading

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nipis, from Proto-Austronesian *Nipis. Cognate with Tagalog nipis, Sundanese nipis, and Tsou hipsi.

Pronunciation

Adjective

nipis (Jawi spelling نيڤيس)

  1. Having little thickness; thin.
    Synonym: tipis
    Antonym: tebal

Affixations

Compounds

Noun

nipis (Jawi spelling نيڤيس, plural nipis-nipis, informal 1st possessive nipisku, 2nd possessive nipismu, 3rd possessive nipisnya)

  1. A type of fish; opisthopterus tardoore.

Further reading

  • “nipis” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*Nipis”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Tagalog

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nipis, from Proto-Austronesian *Nipis. Cognate with Malay nipis, Eastern Cham ꨤꨪꨚꨪꩍ (lipih), ꨤꨚꨪꩍ (lapih), Chamorro kanifes.

Pronunciation

Noun

nipís (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜒᜉᜒᜐ᜔)

  1. thinness

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “nipis”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Tausug

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nipis.

Noun

nipis

  1. thinness

Western Bukidnon Manobo

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nipis.

Adjective

nipis

  1. thin
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