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
  • Iban: api
  • Keninjal: api
  • Mualang: apíː
  • Remun: api
  • Seberuang: apey
• 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