Reconstruction:Proto-Malayic/aku

This Proto-Malayic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Malayic

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)aku, from Proto-Austronesian *(i-)aku.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aku/

Pronoun

*aku

1. I (personal pronoun)
2. me (direct or indirect object of a verb; object of a preposition)
3. my (belonging to me)

Descendants

• Banjarese: aku
• Ibanic
  • Iban: aku
• Malayan
  • Malay: aku, ku, ku-, -ku, daku / اکو (aku), کو (ku), کو- (-ku), -کو (ku-), داکو (daku)
    • Indonesian: aku, akoe (pre-1947), daku (poetic)

See also

Proto-Malayic personal pronouns

			singular	plural
1st person			*aku	*kita(ʔ) (inclusive) *kami (exclusive)
2nd person			*kau(ʔ)	*kamu(ʔ)
3rd person			*ia	*sida(ʔ)