Reconstruction:Proto-Malayic/api

This Proto-Malayic 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-Malayic

Etymology

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

    Noun

    *api

    1. fire (oxidation reaction)

    Descendants

    • Banjarese: api
    • Kendayan: api
    • Ibanic
    • Nuclear Malayic
      • Malay: api
        • > Ambonese Malay: api (inherited)
        • > Indonesian: api (inherited)
      • Brunei Malay: api
      • Kedah Malay: api
      • Musi: api
      • Central Malay: api
      • Minangkabau: api
      • Negeri Sembilan Malay: api
      • Pattani Malay: อาปี (api)
    • Urak Lawoi': อาปี (api)

    References

    • Adelaar, K. A. (1992) Proto-Malayic: The reconstruction of its phonology and parts of its lexicon and morphology‎[1], Canberra: The Australian National University
    • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*Sapuy”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
    • Smith, A. (2017) The Languages of Borneo: A Comprehensive Classification, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa
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