Where does “pālima” come from?

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

pālima (Hawaiian): five by five, five at a time

Definitions

  1. five by five, five at a time

Ancestry of “pālima”, step by step

pālima traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hawaiian lima

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

via Proto-Indo-European pā-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanpā-off, of
Every word from Proto-Eastern Polynesian *lima →Every word from Hawaiian lima →