Where does “ʻumikūmālima” come from?

ʻumikūmālima (Hawaiian) comes from Hawaiian lima, from Proto-Eastern Polynesian *lima.

ʻumikūmālima (Hawaiian): fifteen

Definitions

  1. fifteen

Ancestry of “ʻumikūmālima”, step by step

ʻumikūmālima traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hawaiian lima

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hawaiianlimafive; fifth; hand
2Proto-Eastern Polynesian*lima—

via Hawaiian ʻumi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hawaiianʻumiten, tenth
2Proto-Nuclear Polynesian*kumi—
Every word from Proto-Eastern Polynesian *lima →