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Hypno -- the greek word for sleep.
these words come from Europe.
The Hawaiian word for sleep is "hiamoe."
If you mean nap as in a short, light sleep, it comes from an Old English word Hnappian. There is also a connection to the German word Napfen
The present tense of the verb to sleep is "sleep or sleeps".
The African Luhya word for the English term 'sleep' is "Okhukonaa".
The root word for "sleep" is "slepan" from Old English.
The old word for sleep was dorma as in dormant,or dormatory a place to sleep.
The word "kip" meaning to sleep likely originated from a Germanic word meaning "hidden retreat" or "hut." It gained popularity in British and Irish English as slang for a place to sleep, such as a bed or lodging. Over time, it evolved to also signify the act of sleeping itself.
sleep = cysgu
The word sleep has a long 'e' sound.
Come Now Sleep was created on 2007-08-14.