Pohnpeian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Proto-Micronesian *ŋii, from Proto-Oceanic *nipo-, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nipən, from Proto-Austronesian *nipən.
Noun
ngih
Derived terms
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
ngih
- The name of the Latin script letter Ng/ng., which produces the /ŋ/ sound.
Etymology 3
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Possibly from etymology 1, relating the toughness of the tree's wood to that of a tooth.”)
Noun
ngih
References
- “ngih”, in New Pohnpeian-English Online Dictionary[1], Honolulu, HI: University of Hawaiʻi