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Where does “lima” come from?

lima (Paiwan) comes from Proto-Austronesian lima — five; hand.

lima (Paiwan): five; hand

Definitions

  1. five; hand

Ancestry of “lima”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Austronesianlimafive; hand
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