Where does “apui” come from?

apui (Simalungun Batak) comes from Proto-Batak *apuy, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian hapuy, from Proto-Austronesian Sapuy — fire.

apui (Simalungun Batak): fire

Definitions

  1. fire

Ancestry of “apui”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Batak*apuyfire
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianhapuyfire
3Proto-AustronesianSapuyfire
Every word from Proto-Austronesian Sapuy →