-kau

See also: kau, kāu, kaŭ, kau-, ka'u, and ká’ȕ

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay -kau, shortened form of engkau, from Proto-Malayic *kau(ʔ), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)kahu, from Proto-Austronesian *(i-)kaSu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kau̯/

Suffix

-kau

1. you, your

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Kambera

Pronoun

-kau

1. second person singular accusative enclitic

See also

Kambera pronominal clitics

	Nominative	Genitive	Accusative	Dative
1sg	ku-	-nggu	-ka	-ngga
2sg	mu- (u-)	-mu	-kau	-nggau
3sg	na-	-na	-ya	-nya
1pl.incl	ta-	-nda	-ta	-nda
1pl.excl	ma-	-ma	-kama	-nggama
2pl	mi- (i-)	-mi	-kami (-kai)	-nggami (-nggai)
3pl	da-	-da	-ha	-nja

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Malay

Etymology

Shortened form of engkau, from Proto-Malayic *kau(ʔ), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)kahu, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Austronesian *(i-)kaSu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kau̯/
• Rhymes: -kau̯, -au̯

Suffix

-kau

1. you, your

   Mereka akan membawakau.

   They will bring you.

   Dia akan tinggal dengankau.

   He / She will live with you.

   Tanah ini ialah tanahkau.

   This land is your land.

Usage notes

Also used when addressing God, which in this sense is used with capital letter and hyphen. Kepada-Kau ― To You

See also

Malay personal pronouns

		singular	plural
1st person	standard	saya / ساي aku/ku- / اکو / كو- (informal/towards God) -ku / -كو (informal possessive) hamba / همبا (dated)	kami / کامي (exclusive) kita orang / كيت اورڠ (informal exclusive) kita / کيت (inclusive)
	royal	beta / بيتا
2nd person	standard	kamu / کامو anda / اندا (formal)
		engkau/kau- / اڠکاو/ كاو- (informal/towards God) awak / اوق (friendly/older towards younger) -mu / -مو (possessive)	awak semua / اوق سموا kamu semua / كامو سموا kalian / کالين (informal) kau orang / كاو اورڠ (informal)
	royal	tuanku / توانكو
3rd person	standard	dia / دي ia / اي beliau / بلياو (honorific) -nya / -ڽ (possessive)	mereka / مريک dia orang / دي اورڠ (informal)
	royal	baginda / بݢيندا