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

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-)kaSu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /(i)kahu/

Pronoun

*(i-)kahu

1. you, your sg

Descendants

• Proto-Philippine:
  • Aklanon: ikaw
  • Bikol Central: ika
  • Cebuano: ikaw
  • Cuyunon: ikaw
  • Hiligaynon: ikaw
  • Kapampangan: ika
  • Inonhan: ikaw
  • Ratagnon: ikaw
  • Tagalog: ikaw
  • Waray-Waray: ikaw
  • West Albay Bikol: ika
• Chamorro: hao
• Busang Kayan: ika
• Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan:
  • Proto-Malayic:
    • Malay: engkau, kau, kau-, -kau
    • Indonesian: engkau, kau, kau-, -kau
• Old Javanese: ko
  • Javanese: kowe
• South-Sulawesi:
  • Makasar: kau, -ko
• Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:
  • Laboya: yau
• Proto-Oceanic:
  • Proto-Micronesian:
    • Marshallese: kwe
  • Proto-Polynesian:
    • Proto-Central Pacific:
      • Hawaiian: ʻoe
      • Maori: koe
      • Rapa Nui: koe

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