Where does “ʻalima” come from?
ʻalima (Hawaiian) comes from Hawaiian lima, from Proto-Eastern Polynesian *lima.
ʻalima (Hawaiian): five
Ancestry of “ʻalima”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Hawaiian | lima | five; fifth; hand |
| 2 | Proto-Eastern Polynesian | *lima | — |
Words derived from “ʻalima”