Reconstruction:Proto-Oceanic/api

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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

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Etymology

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

Noun

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*api

  1. fire (oxidation reaction)

Descendants

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  • Central-Eastern Oceanic
    • Micronesian
      • Nuclear Micronesian
        • Gilbertese: ai
        • Kosraean: e
        • Chuukic – Pohnpeic
          • Pohnpeic
    • Vurës: ev
    • Drehu:
    • 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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