Reconstruction:Proto-Oceanic/lima

This Proto-Oceanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Oceanic

Etymology

From Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

Numeral

Proto-Oceanic cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : *lima

*lima

  1. five

Descendants

  • Central-Eastern Oceanic
    • Fijian: lima
    • Micronesian
    • North-Central Vanuatu
    • Proto-Polynesian: *lima
      • Proto-Nuclear Polynesian: *lima
        • Proto-Eastern Polynesian: *rima
        • Samoic-Outlier
      • Tongic: *lima
    • Rotuman: lima
    • Southeast Solomonic
  • Western Oceanic
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