dakami

Ilocano

Alternative forms

• dakam

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *da and Proto-Austronesian *kami, from *ami.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dakaˈmi/ [dɐ.kɐˈmi]
• Hyphenation: da‧ka‧mi

Pronoun

dakamí

1. First-person plural exclusive absolutive independent pronoun: we (not you); us (not you)

   Synonym: sikami

   Dakami ti sumaruno a mapan. ― We will go next.

Derived terms

• dakdakami

See also

Ilocano personal pronouns

Person	Number	Absolutive		Ergative	Oblique	Possessive
		Disjunctive	Enclitic	Enclitic3		bági form	kukua form
First	singular	siak	-ak	-ko, -k	kaniak	bagik	kukuak, kuak
	dual	data, sita1	-ta		kaniata, kadata	bagita	kukuata
	plural inclusive	datayo, sitayo1	-tayo, -tay		kaniatayo, kadatayo	bagitayo	kukuatayo
	plural exclusive	dakami, sikami1	-kami, -kam	-mi	kaniami, kadakami	bagimi	kukuami
Second	singular	sika	-ka	-mo, -m	kaniam, kenka	bagim	kukuam
	plural	dakayo, sikayo1	-kayo, -kay	-yo	kaniayo, kadakayo	bagiyo	kukuayo
Third	singular	isu, isuna	Ø2	-na	kaniana, kenkuana	bagina	kukuana
	plural	isuda	-da		kaniada, kadakuada	bagida	kukuada
1Regional variants. 2Null morpheme. There is no absolutive enclitic for the third person singular pronoun. The disjunctives isu or isuna may also be used. 3Ergative enclitics are also used as possessive markers.
Fused enclitics Actor Patient siak data datayo dakami sika dakayo isu5 isuda siak bagik4 — — — -ka -kayo -ko, -k -ko ida, -k ida data — bagita4 — — — — -ta -ta ida datayo — — bagitayo4 — — — -tayo -tayo ida dakami — — — bagimi4 -daka -dakayo -mi -mi ida sika -nak — — -nakami bagim4 — -mo, -m -mo ida, -m ida dakayo -dak -data — -dakami — bagiyo4 -yo -yo ida isu -nak -nata -natayo -nakami -naka -nakayo bagina4, -na -na ida isuda -dak -data -datayo -dakami -daka -dakayo -da bagida4, -da ida 4Reflexive pronouns use the bagí form. 5 isu or isuna may also be added after the enclitics in this column.

Kankanaey

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *da and Proto-Austronesian *kami, from *ami.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Kankanaey) IPA^(key): /dakaˈmi/ [dʌ.k̠ʌˈmi̞]
• Rhymes: -i
• Syllabification: da‧ka‧mi

Pronoun

dakamí

1. First-person plural exclusive independent pronoun: we (not you); us (not you)

See also

Kankanaey personal pronouns

Person	Number	Class I (Single)	Class II (Transitive actor)	Class III (Transitive undergoer)
Tripartite split
First	singular	-ak	-ko, -k	sak-en
	plural	-kami	-mi	dakami
Second	singular	-ka	-mo, -m	sik-a
	plural	-kayo	-yo	dakayo
Accusative split
Third	plural	-da		daida
First + second	singular	-ta		daita
	plural	-tako		datako
Ergative split
Third	singular	Ø1 / sisya	-na	Ø1 / sisya
Fourth	impersonal singular/plural	Ø1	-na	Ø1 / siya
Blends
First + second	singular -ko + -ka	-naka		–
Third + second	singular -na + -ka	-daka		–
1Null morpheme.