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Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *limut (inherited)
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Proto-Oceanic *limut (inherited)
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Proto-Eastern Polynesian *rimu (inherited)
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Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *rimu (inherited)
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Proto-Polynesian *rimu (inherited)
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Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *limut (inherited)
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Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lumut (inherited)
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Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *limut (inherited)
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English limu (borrowed)