hiva

Niuean

Niuean cardinal numbers
 <  8 9 10  > 
    Cardinal : hiva

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *hiwa, from Proto-Oceanic *hiwa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hiwa, from Proto-Austronesian *Siwa.

Numeral

hiva

  1. nine

Tongan

Tongan cardinal numbers
 <  8 9 10  > 
    Cardinal : hiva

Etymology

From Proto-Tongic *hiva, from Proto-Polynesian *hiwa, from Proto-Oceanic *hiwa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hiwa, from Proto-Austronesian *Siwa.

Numeral

hiva

  1. 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)
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