Reconstruction:Proto-Polynesian/lima

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Proto-Polynesian

Proto-Polynesian cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : *lima

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima.[1][2]

Noun

*lima[1]

  1. hand

Numeral

*lima[2]

  1. five

Descendants

  • Proto-Nuclear Polynesian: *lima
    • Proto-Eastern Polynesian: *rima
    • Samoic-Outlier
  • Tongic: *lima

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “RIMA (1)”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “RIMA (2)”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online
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