aʻu
Appearance
See also: Appendix:Variations of "au"
Hawaiian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Proto-Polynesian *au, from Proto-Oceanic *(i-)au, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)aku, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)aku, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)aku, from Proto-Austronesian *(i-)aku. Compare Maori aku.
Pronoun
[edit]aʻu
Usage notes
[edit]- The possessive form is used after negatives, numbers, certain prepositions, and after nouns preceded by an article or a k-determiner.
Related terms
[edit]See also
[edit]singular | dual | plural | |
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1st person | au, wau | māua (exclusive) kāua (inclusive) |
mākou (exclusive) kākou (inclusive) |
2nd person | ʻoe | ʻolua | ʻoukou |
3rd person | ia, ʻo ia | lāua | lākou |
Etymology 2
[edit]From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *saku-layaʀ (“swordfish”) or Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *saku (“needlefish”)
Noun
[edit]aʻu
Synonyms
[edit]Samoan
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Polynesian *au, from Proto-Oceanic *(i-)au, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)aku, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)aku, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)aku, from Proto-Austronesian *(i-)aku.
Pronoun
[edit]aʻu
- I (personal pronoun)
- me (direct object of a verb)
- me (object of a preposition)
- me (indirect object of a verb)
- my (belonging to me)
See also
[edit]Categories:
- Hawaiian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Hawaiian terms inherited from Proto-Polynesian
- Hawaiian terms derived from Proto-Polynesian
- Hawaiian terms inherited from Proto-Oceanic
- Hawaiian terms derived from Proto-Oceanic
- Hawaiian terms inherited from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
- Hawaiian terms derived from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
- Hawaiian terms derived from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
- Hawaiian terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Hawaiian terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Hawaiian terms inherited from Proto-Austronesian
- Hawaiian terms derived from Proto-Austronesian
- Hawaiian lemmas
- Hawaiian pronouns
- Hawaiian nouns
- haw:Scombroids
- Samoan terms inherited from Proto-Polynesian
- Samoan terms derived from Proto-Polynesian
- Samoan terms inherited from Proto-Oceanic
- Samoan terms derived from Proto-Oceanic
- Samoan terms inherited from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
- Samoan terms derived from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
- Samoan terms inherited from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
- Samoan terms derived from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
- Samoan terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Samoan terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Samoan terms inherited from Proto-Austronesian
- Samoan terms derived from Proto-Austronesian
- Samoan lemmas
- Samoan pronouns
- sm:Fish