Reconstruction:Proto-Oceanic/api

This Proto-Oceanic 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-Oceanic

Etymology

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

Noun

*api

1. fire (oxidation reaction)

Descendants

• 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