Where does “unggun api” come from?

unggun api (Malay) comes from Malay Api, from Proto-Malayic api, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian hapuy, from Proto-Austronesian Sapuy — fire.

unggun api (Malay): bonfire; campfire

Definitions

  1. bonfire; campfire

Ancestry of “unggun api”, step by step

unggun api traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malay Api

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1MalayApifire oxidation reaction
2Proto-Malayicapifire
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianhapuyfire
4Proto-AustronesianSapuyfire

via Malay unggun

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayunggun—
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