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.

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-Malayo-Polynesian: *(i-)aku
  • Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian: *(i-)aku (see there for further descendants)
  • Western Malayo-Polynesian: *(i-)aku
    • Barito
      • East Barito
        • Malagasy: izaho / aho
      • West Barito
        • Southwest Barito
          • Ngaju: yakuʔ
    • North Bornean
      • North Sarawakan
        • Melanau-Bintulu
          • Bintulu: akew
          • Melanau
            • Central Melanau: akew
      • Southwest Sabahan
        • Dusunic
          • Dusun
            • Kadazan Dusun: yoku
    • Proto-Philippine: *ʔakúʔ
      • Greater Central Philippine
        • Central Philippine
          • Tagalog: ako
      • Northern Philippine
        • Central Luzon
          • Kapampangan: aku
        • Northern Luzon
          • Ilocano: si-ak
    • Celebic
      • Saluan-Banggai
        • Banggaian
          • Banggai: iaku
      • Southeast Celebic
        • Proto-Bungku-Tolaki: *ku
          • Bungku
            • East Coast Bungku
              • Mori Bawah: aku
            • Southwest Bungku
              • Moronene: aku / iβaku
          • Tolaki
            • Interior Tolaki
              • Padoe: yaku / jaku
              • Tomadino: iaku
            • West Coast Tolaki
              • Tolaki: inaku
        • Muna-Buton
          • Wotu-Wolio
            • Wolio–Kamaru
              • Wolio: i aku
      • Tomini-Tolitoli
        • Totoli: aku / yaku
    • Chamorro: hu, guahu
    • Old Javanese: aku
      • Javanese: aku
    • Proto-Lampungic: *ɲaku
      • Komering: ɲaʔ
      • Lampung Api: ñaʔ
    • Malayo-Sumbawan
      • Malayo-Chamic
        • Bali-Sasak-Sumbawa
          • Sasak-Sumbawa
            • Sasak: aku
        • Proto-Malayic: *aku
          • Ibanic
            • Iban: aku
          • Nuclear Malayic
            • Banjarese: aku
            • Malay: aku, daku (poetic), ak, aque, aq (text messaging, Internet slang) / اکو (aku)
              • Indonesian: aku, akoe (1901–1947), daku (poetic)
    • Rejang: uku

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	*(si-)ida

External links

• Blust's Austronesian Comparative Dictionary – *aku