Reconstruction:Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian/api

This Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian

Etymology

From Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *apuy, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hapuy, from Proto-Austronesian *Sapuy.

Noun

*api

1. fire (oxidation reaction)

Descendants

• Proto-Oceanic: *api
  • Central-Eastern Oceanic
    • Micronesian
      • Nuclear Micronesian
        • Gilbertese: ai
        • Kosraean: e
        • Chuukic – Pohnpeic
          • Pohnpeic
            • Pohnpeian: ahi
    • Vurës: ev
    • Drehu: eë
    • Proto-Polynesian: *afi
      • Nuclear Polynesian
        • Ellicean – Eastern Polynesian
          • Tuvalu – Eastern Polynesian
            • Eastern Polynesian – Northern Outlier
              • Eastern Polynesian
                • Marquesic
                  • Hawaiian: ahi
                • Rapa Nui: ahi
                • Tahitic
                  • Maori-Moriori
                    • Maori: ahi
      • Samoan-Tokelauan
        • Samoan: afi

External links

• Blust's Austronesian Comparative Dictionary – *api