Reconstruction:Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian/apa

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 *apa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *apa.

Pronoun

*apa

1. what (interrogative)

Descendants

• Proto-Halmahera-Cenderawasih:
  • Buli (Indonesia): ahai
  • Kowiai: lafa
• Proto-Oceanic: *apa
  • Proto-Polynesian:
    • Proto-Nuclear Polynesian: *afa
      • Proto-Eastern Polynesian:
        • Hawaiian: aha
        • Maori: aha
        • Rapa Nui: aha
        • Tahitian: aha

External links

• Blust's Austronesian Comparative Dictionary – *apa