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Apparently it's also rima in Rapanui, the language of Easter Island near Chile. And the number two is even crazier, being roa in Malagasy and rua in Rapanui, s
by marc_abonce 4y ago
Apparently it's also rima in Rapanui, the language of Easter Island near Chile.
And the number two is even crazier, being roa in Malagasy and rua in Rapanui, so this word is shared from Madagascar all the way to Easter Island.
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/rima#Rapa_Nui https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/rima#Rapa_Nui
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/rua#Rapa_Nui https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/rua#Rapa_Nui
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/roa#Malagasy https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/roa#Malagasy
- tmnvix 4y agoLikely because Polynesians are descended from East Asians that migrated south to Melanesia and then out into Polynesia.