Entry record from Schapper (2020): Wersing Peitoko
mnis[mˈnis]
• vi. thin; lacking thickness.tipis.
Bongkau ba alai mnis-mniste.Slice the cassava thinly., Iris ubi itu tipis-tipis.
Etymology: Austronesian, cf. PMP *ma-nipis 'thinness (of materials)' (ACD). There are no known Austronesian languages in the region that have a reflex of PMP *ma-nipis that retains the stative prefix but where *p is lost and the vowels merge into a single syllable.
Etymology: bibref R003