Where does “apa” come from?

apa (Proto-Oceanic) comes from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian apa, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian apa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian apa — what.

apa (Proto-Oceanic): what

Definitions

  1. what

Ancestry of “apa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesianapawhat
2Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesianapa—
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianapawhat

Words derived from “apa”

Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian apa →Every word from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian apa →Every word from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian apa →