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

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