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Reconstruction:Proto-Austronesian/lima

This Proto-Austronesian 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-Austronesian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /lima/

Numeral
Proto-Austronesian cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : *lima

*lima

  1. five
    Synonym: *ɣatep

Noun

*lima

  1. hand (part of the body)

Derived terms
  • *i-lima (“five”)
  • *lima ŋa puluq (“fifty”)
  • *iŋ-lima (“five times”)
  • *ka-lima (“five times”)
  • *kuma-lima (“five in order”)
  • *maŋ-lima (“divide into groups of five”)
  • *maR-lima (“divide into groups of five”)
  • *pa-lima (“divide into five (?)”)
  • *paka-lima₁ (“five times”)
  • *paka-lima₂ (“five times”)
  • *ika-lima (“fifth (ordinal numeral)”)
  • *la-lima (“five (in counting people)”)
  • *maka-lima (“five times”)
  • *Sika-lima (“fifth (ordinal numeral)”)

Descendants
  • Proto-Atayalic: *lima
  • East Formosan:
  • Proto-Malayo-Polynesian: *lima
  • Northern Formosan:
  • Paiwan: lima
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