Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/(i-)aku

This Proto-Malayo-Polynesian 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-Malayo-Polynesian

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *(i-)aku.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /(i)aku/

Pronoun

*(i-)aku

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

Descendants

• Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian: *(i-)aku (see there for further descendants)
• Western Malayo-Polynesian: *(i-)aku
  • Barito
    • East Barito
      • Malagasy: izaho / aho
    • West Barito
      • Southwest Barito
        • Ngaju: yakuʔ
  • North Bornean
    • North Sarawakan
      • Melanau-Bintulu
        • Bintulu: akew
        • Melanau
          • Central Melanau: akew
    • Southwest Sabahan
      • Dusunic
        • Dusun
          • Kadazan Dusun: yoku
  • Proto-Philippine: *ʔakúʔ
    • Greater Central Philippine
      • Central Philippine
        • Tagalog: ako
    • Northern Philippine
      • Central Luzon
        • Kapampangan: aku
      • Northern Luzon
        • Ilocano: si-ak
  • Celebic
    • Saluan-Banggai
      • Banggaian
        • Banggai: iaku
    • Southeast Celebic
      • Proto-Bungku-Tolaki: *ku
        • Bungku
          • East Coast Bungku
            • Mori Bawah: aku
          • Southwest Bungku
            • Moronene: aku / iβaku
        • Tolaki
          • Interior Tolaki
            • Padoe: yaku / jaku
            • Tomadino: iaku
          • West Coast Tolaki
            • Tolaki: inaku
      • Muna-Buton
        • Wotu-Wolio
          • Wolio–Kamaru
            • Wolio: i aku
    • Tomini-Tolitoli
      • Totoli: aku / yaku
  • Chamorro: hu, guahu
  • Old Javanese: aku
    • Javanese: aku
  • Proto-Lampungic: *ɲaku
    • Komering: ɲaʔ
    • Lampung Api: ñaʔ
  • Malayo-Sumbawan
    • Malayo-Chamic
      • Bali-Sasak-Sumbawa
        • Sasak-Sumbawa
          • Sasak: aku
      • Proto-Malayic: *aku
        • Banjarese: aku
        • Ibanic
          • Iban: aku
        • Malayan
          • Malay: aku, ku, ku-, -ku, daku / اکو (aku)
            • Indonesian: aku, akoe (1901–1947), daku (poetic)
  • Rejang: uku

See also

Proto-Malayo-Polynesian personal pronouns

			singular	plural
1st person			*(i-)aku	*(i-)kita (inclusive) *kami (exclusive)
2nd person			*(i-)kahu	*(i-)kam(i)u
3rd person			*(si-)ia	*(si-)ida

External links

• Blust's Austronesian Comparative Dictionary – *aku