Where does “ลีมา” come from?

ลีมา (Urak Lawoi') comes from Proto-Malayic lima(ʔ), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian lima, from Proto-Austronesian lima — five; hand.

ลีมา (Urak Lawoi'): five

Definitions

  1. five

Ancestry of “ลีมา”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayiclima(ʔ)five
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianlimafive; hand
3Proto-Austronesianlimafive; hand
Every word from Proto-Austronesian lima