Where does “alima” come from?

alima (Kinaray-a) comes from Proto-Philippine *qalima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian qalima, from Proto-Austronesian qalima — hand.

alima (Kinaray-a): hand

Definitions

  1. hand

Ancestry of “alima”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Philippine*qalima—
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianqalimahand
3Proto-Austronesianqalimahand
Every word from Proto-Austronesian qalima →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian qalima →Every word from Proto-Philippine *qalima →
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