kanako

Cebuano

Alternative forms

• nako — short form

Etymology

The first element, common to all oblique pronouns, is ultimately from Proto-Austronesian *ka (“personal oblique marker”), whence kang and archaic ka (“plural personal oblique marker”). Thus analyzable as kang + akò. Compare Ilocano kaniak, Kapampangan kaku.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Cebuano) IPA^(key): /kaˈnakoʔ/ [kɐˈn̪a.koʔ]
• Hyphenation: ka‧na‧ko

Pronoun

kanakò (Badlit spelling ᜃᜈᜃᜓ)

1. to me; for me; with me; at me (oblique first person singular)

   Synonyms: (colloquial) sa ako, sa akoa

   gihatag niya kanako ― he gave it to me

   anaa kanako ang yawi ― I have the key (literally, “the key is with me”)

   nagtan-aw sila kanako ― they were looking at me

Usage notes

• Oblique forms are almost always substituted with their short form (in this case, nako) anywhere in a sentence. The full form may be used to give a sense of formality.

See also

Cebuano personal pronouns

			direct		indirect (postposed)		indirect (preposed)		oblique
	Length:		full	short1	full	short2	base	suffixed -a	full	short
singular	first person		akó	ko	nakò3	ko3	akò	akoa	kanakò	nakò
	second person		ikáw	ka	nimo	mo	imo	imoha	kanimo	nimo
	third person		siyá		niya		iya	iyaha	kaniya	niya
plural	first person	inclusive	kitá	ta	natò	ta	atò	atoa	kanatò	natò
		exclusive	kamí	mi	namò		amò	amoa	kanamò	namò
	second person		kamó	mo	ninyo		inyo	inyoha	kaninyo	ninyo
	third person		silá		nila		ila	ilaha	kanila	nila

¹ Forms in this column are placed after the verb or predicate they modify, and never used at the start of sentences.
² Forms in this column are literary and rarely used colloquially.
³ Ta is used over nako or ko where the object is a second-person singular pronoun.