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
      • Vurës: ev
      • Drehu: eë
      • Proto-Polynesian: *afi
        • Nuclear Polynesian
          • Ellicean – Eastern Polynesian
            • Tuvalu – Eastern Polynesian
              • Eastern Polynesian – Northern Outlier
                • Eastern Polynesian
                  • Marquesic
                  • Rapa Nui: ahi
                  • Tahitic
                    • Maori-Moriori
        • Samoan-Tokelauan
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