Reconstruction:Proto-Austronesian/(i-)aku

This Proto-Austronesian 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-Austronesian

Etymology

Compare Proto-Kra-Dai *akuː. False cognate of Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /(i)aku/

Pronoun

*(i-)aku

1. I (personal pronoun)
2. me (direct object of a verb)
3. me (object of a preposition)
4. me (indirect object of a verb)
5. my (belonging to me)

Descendants

• Proto-Tsouic: *-́aku
  • Tsou: na-ʔo
• Northern Formosan:
  • Proto-Atayalic: *-kuʔ
    • Atayal: s-aku
• East Formosan:
  • Kavalanic:
    • Kavalan: iku
• Proto-Rukai: *-ako
  • ⇒ Rukai: kunaku, kwaku
• Proto-Malayo-Polynesian: *(i-)aku (see there for further descendants)

See also

Proto-Austronesian personal pronouns

			singular	plural
1st person			*(i-)aku	*(i-)kita (inclusive) *kami (exclusive)
2nd person			*(i-)kaSu	*(i-)kamu(i)u
3rd person			*(si-)ia

References

• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*aku”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen (2010–), “*aku”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary