Where does “ليماوْ” come from?

ليماوْ (Pattani Malay) comes from Proto-Malayic lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian lima, from Proto-Austronesian lima — five; hand.

ليماوْ (Pattani Malay): five

Definitions

  1. five

Ancestry of “ليماوْ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayiclima—
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianlimafive; hand
3Proto-Austronesianlimafive; hand
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