Reconstruction:Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian/apa

This Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian 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-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian

Etymology

From Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *apa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *apa.

Pronoun

*apa

what (interrogative)

Descendants

Proto-Halmahera-Cenderawasih:
- Buli (Indonesia): ahai
- Kowiai: lafa
Proto-Oceanic: *apa
- Proto-Polynesian:
  - Proto-Nuclear Polynesian: *afa
    - Proto-Eastern Polynesian:
      - Hawaiian: aha
      - Maori: aha
      - Rapa Nui: aha
      - Tahitian: aha

External links

Blust's Austronesian Comparative Dictionary – *apa

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