Where does “lima ʻākau” come from?

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

lima ʻākau (Hawaiian): right hand

Definitions

  1. right hand

Ancestry of “lima ʻākau”, step by step

lima ʻākau traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hawaiian lima

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

via Hawaiian ʻākau

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hawaiianʻākauright not left
Every word from Proto-Eastern Polynesian *lima →Every word from Hawaiian lima →