Reconstruction:Proto-Austronesian/(qa)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

Alternative forms

• *qalima
• *qa-límaH

Etymology

It is clearly derived from *lima ‘five’, but *qa- is not a known affix.

Noun

*(qa)lima

1. hand (part of the body)

Descendants

• Proto-Rukai: *aɭima
• Aklanon: alíma(h)
• Agutaynen: kalima
• Cebuano: alima
• Mamanwa: alima
• Binukid: alima
• Balantak: lima
• Palauan: ʔim