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Balinese

Romanization

api

1. Romanization of ᬳᬧᬶ

Bikol Central

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔaˈpi/ [ʔaˈpi]
• Hyphenation: a‧pi

Adjective

apí (plural arapi, Basahan spelling ᜀᜉᜒ)

1. oppressed

Derived terms

• apihon
• mag-api
• pag-api
• paraapi

 

Brunei Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *api, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *apuy, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *apuy, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hapuy, from Proto-Austronesian *Sapuy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /api/
• Hyphenation: a‧pi

Noun

api

1. fire (oxidation reaction)

Buginese

Etymology

From Proto-South Sulawesi *api, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hapuy, from Proto-Austronesian *Sapuy.

Noun

api

1. fire (oxidation reaction)

Catalan

Alternative forms

• àpit

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin apium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈa.pi]

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

api m (plural apis)

1. celery

Derived terms

• api bord
• api de síquia
• api-rave
• mosca de l'api

 

Related terms

• apiàcies

Further reading

• “api” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “api”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “api” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “api” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Gallurese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈapi/

Etymology 1

From Classical Latin apis.

Noun

api f (invariable)

1. (dialectal) bee

   Synonym: apa

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

api f pl

1. plural of apa

References

• Rubattu, Antoninu (2006) Dizionario universale della lingua di Sardegna, 2nd edition, Sassari: Edes

Guaraní

Noun

api

1. skin

Iban

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *api, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *apuy, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *apuy, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hapuy, from Proto-Austronesian *Sapuy.

Noun

api

1. fire (oxidation reaction)

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse api.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaːpɪ/
• Rhymes: -aːpɪ

Noun

api m (genitive singular apa, nominative plural apar)

1. ape, monkey, simian
2. fool

Declension

Declension of api (masculine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	api	apinn	apar	aparnir
accusative	apa	apann	apa	apana
dative	apa	apanum	öpum	öpunum
genitive	apa	apans	apa	apanna

Derived terms

• apalegur
• apamaður
• mannapi
• margur verður af aurum api

 

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay api, from Proto-Malayic *api, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *apuy, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *apuy, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hapuy, from Proto-Austronesian *Sapuy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈapi]

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

api

1. fire:
   1. a (usually self-sustaining) chemical reaction involving the bonding of oxygen with carbon or other fuel, with the production of heat and the presence of flame or smouldering.

      Synonym: nyala

   2. the occurrence, often accidental, of fire in a certain place, causing damage and danger.

      Synonym: kebakaran

   3. (figurative) strength of passion, whether love or hate.

      Synonym: semangat

Derived terms

• berapi
• berapi-api
• memperapikan
• mengapi
• mengapi-apikan
• perapian

 

• api asmara
• api cemburu
• api lancip
• api neraka
• api penyuci
• api semangat
• api unggun

 

Further reading

• “api” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Ingrian

Etymology

Borrowed from Votic api, from Proto-Finnic *api. Cognates include Estonian abi and Livonian abb.

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈɑpi/, [ˈɑpi]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈɑpi/, [ˈɑb̥i]
• Rhymes: -ɑpi
• Hyphenation: a‧pi

Noun

api

1. help

Declension

Declension of api (type 5/vahti, p-v gradation, gemination)
	singular	plural
nominative	api	avit
genitive	avin	appiin, apiloin
partitive	appia	apija, apiloja
illative	appii	appii, apiloihe
inessive	avis	apiis, apilois
elative	avist	apiist, apiloist
allative	aville	apiille, apiloille
adessive	avil	apiil, apiloil
ablative	avilt	apiilt, apiloilt
translative	aviks	apiiks, apiloiks
essive	apinna, appiin	apiinna, apiloinna, appiin, apiloin
exessive1)	apint	apiint, apiloint
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

Synonyms

• apu (originally native)

Derived terms

• apihua
• apilain
• apinikka
• avittaa
• hätäapi

 

References

• V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎^[1], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 1

Italian

Noun

api f pl

1. plural of ape

Anagrams

• IPA, pia

Javanese

Etymology

From Old Javanese apuy (“fire”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hapuy, from Proto-Austronesian *Sapuy.

Noun

api

1. steam

Kapampangan

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *hapúy, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hapuy, from Proto-Austronesian *Sapuy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈpiʔ/ [əˈpiʔ]
• Hyphenation: a‧pi

Noun

apî

1. fire (oxidation reaction)

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *qapuʀ. Compare Tagalog apog.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈapiʔ/ [ˈäː.piʔ]
• Hyphenation: a‧pi

Noun

ápî

1. (chemistry) lime

Kari'na

Etymology

Compare Akawaio api.

Pronunciation

• (Venezuela, West Suriname) IPA^(key): [aːpi]
• (East Suriname) IPA^(key): [aʔpi]

Noun

api (possessed apiry)

1. red color
2. red paint

Derived terms

• tapire

 

References

• Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary‎^[2], Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 232
• Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “api”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 90; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes‎^[3], Paris, 1956, page 91

Karo Batak

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hapuy, from Proto-Austronesian *Sapuy.

Noun

api

1. fire (oxidation reaction)

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈa.piː/, [ˈäpiː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.pi/, [ˈäːpi]

Verb

apī

1. first-person singular perfect active indicative of apō

Malay

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Malayo-Chamic *apuy

Proto-Malayic *api

Malay api

From Proto-Malayic *api, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *apuy, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *apuy, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hapuy, from Proto-Austronesian *Sapuy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [api]
• Rhymes: -api, -pi, -i

Noun

Api

api (Jawi spelling اڤي, informal 1st possessive apiku, 2nd possessive apimu, 3rd possessive apinya)

1. fire (oxidation reaction)
2. (dialectal) electricity

Synonyms

• nyalaan / ڽالاءن
• pawaka / ڤاواک

Derived terms

• berapi
• berapi-api
• memperapikan
• mengapi
• mengapi-apikan
• perapian

 

• api asmara
• api cemburu
• api lancip
• api neraka
• api penyuci
• api semangat
• api unggun
• api-api
• batu api
• bunga api
• kapal api
• kayu api
• kembang api
• kereta api
• periuk api
• rumah api

 

Descendants

• Ambonese Malay: api
• Indonesian: api

References

• Pijnappel, Jan (1875) “اڤي api”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, pages 14-5
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “اڤي api”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 26
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “api”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume I, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, pages 56-7

Further reading

• “api” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Mandar

Etymology

From Proto-South Sulawesi *api, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hapuy, from Proto-Austronesian *Sapuy.

Noun

api

1. fire (oxidation reaction)

Manggarai

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hapuy.

Noun

api

1. fire

Matanawi

Noun

api

1. water

References

• Čestmír Loukotka, ‎Johannes Wilbert (editor), Classification of South American Indian Languages (1968, Los Angeles: Latin American Studies Center, University of California), page(s) 96

Mentawai

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hapuy, from Proto-Austronesian *Sapuy.

Noun

api

1. fire (oxidation reaction)

Minangkabau

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *api, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *apuy, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *apuy, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hapuy, from Proto-Austronesian *Sapuy.

Noun

api

1. fire

Nyishi

Numeral

api

1. four

Occitan

Etymology

From Latin apium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈapi]

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

api m (plural apis)

1. celery

Old Javanese

Alternative forms

• apuy, apwi

Noun

api

1. fire

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *apô, whence also Old English apa, Old High German affo.

Noun

api m

1. ape, monkey
2. fool

   Synonym: fífl

   margr verðr af aurum api

   money makes many people a monkey

Declension

  Declension of api (weak an-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	api	apinn	apar	aparnir
accusative	apa	apann	apa	apana
dative	apa	apanum	ǫpum	ǫpunum
genitive	apa	apans	apa	apanna

Descendants

• Icelandic: api m
• Faroese: apa f
• Norwegian Nynorsk: apa f or m, ape
• Norwegian Bokmål: ape f or m
• Old Swedish: apa f
  • Swedish: apa c
• Danish: abe c
• Gutnish: ape, apå

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀅𑀧𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• अपि (Devanagari script)
• অপি (Bengali script)
• අපි (Sinhalese script)
• အပိ or ဢပိ (Burmese script)
• อปิ or อะปิ (Thai script)
• ᩋᨷᩥ (Tai Tham script)
• ອປິ or ອະປິ (Lao script)
• អបិ (Khmer script)
• 𑄃𑄛𑄨 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit अपि (api).

Particle

api

1. an emphatic particle

Conjunction

api

1. also, even so
2. even

References

• Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “api”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead

Pangutaran Sama

Noun

api

1. fire

Quechua

Adjective

api

1. soft, smooth

Noun

api

1. porridge, soup, pudding
2. drink made from purple maize, cloves, and citrus peel

Declension

declension of api

	singular	plural
nominative	api	apikuna
accusative	apita	apikunata
dative	apiman	apikunaman
genitive	apip	apikunap
locative	apipi	apikunapi
terminative	apikama	apikunakama
ablative	apimanta	apikunamanta
instrumental	apiwan	apikunawan
comitative	apintin	apikunantin
abessive	apinnaq	apikunannaq
comparative	apihina	apikunahina
causative	apirayku	apikunarayku
benefactive	apipaq	apikunapaq
associative	apipura	apikunapura
distributive	apinka	apikunanka
exclusive	apilla	apikunalla

possessive forms of api

ñuqap - first-person singular

ñuqap (my)	singular	plural
nominative	apiy	apiykuna
accusative	apiyta	apiykunata
dative	apiyman	apiykunaman
genitive	apiypa	apiykunap
locative	apiypi	apiykunapi
terminative	apiykama	apiykunakama
ablative	apiymanta	apiykunamanta
instrumental	apiywan	apiykunawan
comitative	apiynintin	apiykunantin
abessive	apiyninnaq	apiykunannaq
comparative	apiyhina	apiykunahina
causative	apiyrayku	apiykunarayku
benefactive	apiypaq	apiykunapaq
associative	apiypura	apiykunapura
distributive	apiyninka	apiykunanka
exclusive	apiylla	apiykunalla

qampa - second-person singular

qampa (your)	singular	plural
nominative	apiyki	apiykikuna
accusative	apiykita	apiykikunata
dative	apiykiman	apiykikunaman
genitive	apiykipa	apiykikunap
locative	apiykipi	apiykikunapi
terminative	apiykikama	apiykikunakama
ablative	apiykimanta	apiykikunamanta
instrumental	apiykiwan	apiykikunawan
comitative	apiykintin	apiykikunantin
abessive	apiykinnaq	apiykikunannaq
comparative	apiykihina	apiykikunahina
causative	apiykirayku	apiykikunarayku
benefactive	apiykipaq	apiykikunapaq
associative	apiykipura	apiykikunapura
distributive	apiykinka	apiykikunanka
exclusive	apiykilla	apiykikunalla

paypa - third-person singular

paypa (his/her/its)	singular	plural
nominative	apin	apinkuna
accusative	apinta	apinkunata
dative	apinman	apinkunaman
genitive	apinpa	apinkunap
locative	apinpi	apinkunapi
terminative	apinkama	apinkunakama
ablative	apinmanta	apinkunamanta
instrumental	apinwan	apinkunawan
comitative	apinintin	apinkunantin
abessive	apinninnaq	apinkunannaq
comparative	apinhina	apinkunahina
causative	apinrayku	apinkunarayku
benefactive	apinpaq	apinkunapaq
associative	apinpura	apinkunapura
distributive	apininka	apinkunanka
exclusive	apinlla	apinkunalla

ñuqanchikpa - first-person inclusive plural

ñuqanchikpa (our(incl))	singular	plural
nominative	apinchik	apinchikkuna
accusative	apinchikta	apinchikkunata
dative	apinchikman	apinchikkunaman
genitive	apinchikpa	apinchikkunap
locative	apinchikpi	apinchikkunapi
terminative	apinchikkama	apinchikkunakama
ablative	apinchikmanta	apinchikkunamanta
instrumental	apinchikwan	apinchikkunawan
comitative	apinchiknintin	apinchikkunantin
abessive	apinchikninnaq	apinchikkunannaq
comparative	apinchikhina	apinchikkunahina
causative	apinchikrayku	apinchikkunarayku
benefactive	apinchikpaq	apinchikkunapaq
associative	apinchikpura	apinchikkunapura
distributive	apinchikninka	apinchikkunanka
exclusive	apinchiklla	apinchikkunalla

ñuqaykup - first-person exclusive plural

ñuqaykup (our(excl))	singular	plural
nominative	apiyku	apiykukuna
accusative	apiykuta	apiykukunata
dative	apiykuman	apiykukunaman
genitive	apiykupa	apiykukunap
locative	apiykupi	apiykukunapi
terminative	apiykukama	apiykukunakama
ablative	apiykumanta	apiykukunamanta
instrumental	apiykuwan	apiykukunawan
comitative	apiykuntin	apiykukunantin
abessive	apiykunnaq	apiykukunannaq
comparative	apiykuhina	apiykukunahina
causative	apiykurayku	apiykukunarayku
benefactive	apiykupaq	apiykukunapaq
associative	apiykupura	apiykukunapura
distributive	apiykunka	apiykukunanka
exclusive	apiykulla	apiykukunalla

qamkunap - second-person plural

qamkunap (your(pl))	singular	plural
nominative	apiykichik	apiykichikkuna
accusative	apiykichikta	apiykichikkunata
dative	apiykichikman	apiykichikkunaman
genitive	apiykichikpa	apiykichikkunap
locative	apiykichikpi	apiykichikkunapi
terminative	apiykichikkama	apiykichikkunakama
ablative	apiykichikmanta	apiykichikkunamanta
instrumental	apiykichikwan	apiykichikkunawan
comitative	apiykichiknintin	apiykichikkunantin
abessive	apiykichikninnaq	apiykichikkunannaq
comparative	apiykichikhina	apiykichikkunahina
causative	apiykichikrayku	apiykichikkunarayku
benefactive	apiykichikpaq	apiykichikkunapaq
associative	apiykichikpura	apiykichikkunapura
distributive	apiykichikninka	apiykichikkunanka
exclusive	apiykichiklla	apiykichikkunalla

paykunap - third-person plural

paykunap (their)	singular	plural
nominative	apinku	apinkukuna
accusative	apinkuta	apinkukunata
dative	apinkuman	apinkukunaman
genitive	apinkupa	apinkukunap
locative	apinkupi	apinkukunapi
terminative	apinkukama	apinkukunakama
ablative	apinkumanta	apinkukunamanta
instrumental	apinkuwan	apinkukunawan
comitative	apinkuntin	apinkukunantin
abessive	apinkunnaq	apinkukunannaq
comparative	apinkuhina	apinkukunahina
causative	apinkurayku	apinkukunarayku
benefactive	apinkupaq	apinkukunapaq
associative	apinkupura	apinkukunapura
distributive	apinkunka	apinkukunanka
exclusive	apinkulla	apinkukunalla

Sakizaya

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.ˈpi/, [a.ˈpi]

Noun

api

1. twins

Sasak

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *apuy, Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hapuy, from Proto-Austronesian *Sapuy.

Noun

api

1. fire (oxidation reaction)

Tae'

Etymology

From Proto-South Sulawesi *api, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hapuy, from Proto-Austronesian *Sapuy.

Noun

api

1. fire (oxidation reaction)

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔaˈpi/ [ʔɐˈpi]
• Rhymes: -i
• Syllabification: a‧pi

Adjective

apí (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜉᜒ)

1. oppressed; maltreated

   Synonyms: siil, dusta, aba

2. aggrieved; taken advantage of

Derived terms

• api-apihan
• apihin
• inaapi
• kaapihan
• maapi
• mang-aapi
• mang-api
• mapang-api
• pag-api
• pagkaapi
• umapi

 

Anagrams

• ipa-, ipa

Tahitian

Verb

api

1. to be full

References

• Yves Lemaître, Lexique du tahitien contemporain (Current Tahitian lexicon), 1995.
• “api” in Dictionnaire en ligne Tahitien/Français (Online Tahitian–French Dictionary), by the Tahitian Academy.

Tausug

Etymology

From Malay api, from Proto-Malayic *api, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *apuy, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hapuy, from Proto-Austronesian *Sapuy.

Pronunciation

• (Sinūgan Parianun) IPA^(key): /ʔapi/ [ʔɑˈpi]
• Rhymes: -i
• Syllabification: a‧pi

Noun

api (Sulat Sūg spelling اَفِ)

1. fire

   Synonym: kāyu

Toba Batak

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hapuy, from Proto-Austronesian *Sapuy.

Noun

api

1. fire (oxidation reaction)

Tomini

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hapuy, from Proto-Austronesian *Sapuy.

Noun

api

1. fire

References

• Donald F. and Sharon G. Barr and C. Salombe, Languages of Central Sulawesi: checklist, preliminary classification, language maps, wordlists, Ujung Pandang: Hasanuddin University (1979), page 86

Toraja-Sa'dan

Etymology

From Proto-South Sulawesi *api, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hapuy, from Proto-Austronesian *Sapuy.

Noun

api

1. fire (oxidation reaction)

Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *api.

Pronunciation

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈɑpi/, [ˈɑpʲi]
• Rhymes: -ɑpi
• Hyphenation: a‧pi

Noun

api

1. help, aid

Inflection

Declension of api (type II/võrkko, p-v gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	api	avid
genitive	avi	apijõ, apii
partitive	appia	apiitõ, apii
illative	appisõ, appi	apiisõ
inessive	aviz	apiiz
elative	avissõ	apiissõ
allative	avilõ	apiilõ
adessive	avillõ	apiillõ
ablative	aviltõ	apiiltõ
translative	avissi	apiissi
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative (sg) or the genitive. ***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive.

Descendants

• → Ingrian: api

References

• Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn