Reconstruction:Proto-Tai/kuːᴬ

This Proto-Tai 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-Tai

Etymology

From Proto-Kra-Dai *akuː. Compare Proto-Hlai *ɦuː (“I”), Proto-Austronesian *aku (whence Malay aku, Tagalog ako and Javanese aku).

Pronoun

*kuːᴬ

1. singular first-person pronoun (weak)

Descendants

• Northern Tai
  • Zhuang: gou
• Central Tai
• Southwestern Tai
  • Thai: กู (guu)
  • Lao: ກູ (kū)
  • Tai Dam: ꪀꪴ
  • Lü: ᦅᦴ (kuu)