Entry record from Mead (1998a): Proto-Bungku-Tolaki
Page number: 448
*lapi°
• layer.
Note: KUL: tepolapi ‘two-layered’, cmp. lapita ‘hem (of garment)’; MRB (Esser 1927:57): api ‘layer’ but compare ompeo linapi ‘two mats sown together’; PAD (Lara, Larobu, et al. 1991:4): api ‘layer’ (loss of l unexpl.); TOL (Muthalib, Alimuddin, Chalik, et al. 1985:63): lapi ‘layer’. Compare Pamona (Esser 1927:57), which also has lapi, api. [PMP *la(N)pis ‘layer; thin; slab’ (Dempwolff, cited in Zorc 1971 2140)]