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-kam

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Ilocano

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Pronoun

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-kam

  1. Alternative form of -kami
    Sumangpetkamto madamdama.We will arrive later.

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Northern Ohlone

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Etymology

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Compare Central Sierra Miwok -mōk.

Pronoun

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-kam

  1. you all (second-person, plural, enclitic subject pronoun)
    • 1921, María de los Angeles Colós, José Guzman, and John Peabody Harrington, Chochenyo Field Notes[1]:
      kišháraknekam
      You all gave it to me

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Northern Ohlone personal pronouns
person subject object possessive
disjunctive1 proclitic
enclitic disjunctive1 proclitic enclitic
singular first kaana ek- -ek, -k kiš, kaaniš kiš- -kiš ek-, kaanak
second meene em-, im- -em, -im, -m miš emiš-, imiš-, miš- -miš em-, meenem
third waaka Ø-2 2 wiš Ø-2, eš- 2, -eš i-, waakai-
plural first makkin mak- -mak makkiš, makkinše mak-, makkinmak
second makkam kam- -kam makkamše kam-, makkam
third waakamak ya- -ya yaṭiš ya-, waakamak

1 Disjunctive is mostly used in copular sentences or for emphasis, either alone (eg. kaana) or with a clitic (eg. kaana-k ...-ek).
2 Null morpheme. An unmarked verb implies a third person singular pronoun. The disjunctives waaka and wiš may also be used.
Note: Proclitic and enclitic forms can combine and undergo syncope, eg. ellešk (let me do to him/her/it) = elle +‎ -eš +‎ -ek

References

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  • María de los Angeles Colós, José Guzman, and John Peabody Harrington (1930s) Chochenyo Field Notes (Survey of California and Other Indian Langauges)‎[2], Unpublished