lima
Pronunciation: /ˈlima/
“lima” is a Malay word. Its 2 meanings in English:
numeral
noun
Etymology
From Proto-Malayic *lima(ʔ), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima. Sense of hand almost completely displaced by tangan minus a few affixed or compound words.
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