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hiva
hiva
Tongan
Etymology
From Proto-Tongic *hiva, from Proto-Polynesian *hiwa, from Proto-Oceanic *hiwa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hiwa, from Proto-Austronesian *Siwa.
Numeral
hiva
- (cardinal) nine
- Pamphlets in the Tonga language, "Koe Hisitolia o Natula", page 58:
- Oku faa vahe ae kalasi huhu kihe faahiga e hiva, o behe:—
- 1. Koe manu nima ua (Bimana)
- There are nine things like parts called the classes which have breasts, like so:—
- 1. The animals with two hands (Bimana)
- Oku faa vahe ae kalasi huhu kihe faahiga e hiva, o behe:—
- Pamphlets in the Tonga language, "Koe Hisitolia o Natula", page 58:
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