Where does “api” come from?

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

api (Minangkabau): fire

Definitions

  1. fire

Ancestry of “api”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayicapifire
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianhapuyfire
3Proto-AustronesianSapuyfire
Every word from Proto-Austronesian Sapuy
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