dakami

Ilocano

Alternative forms

• dakam

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *da and Proto-Austronesian *kami, from *ami.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dakaˈmi/ [dɐ.kɐˈmi]
• Hyphenation: da‧ka‧mi

Pronoun

dakamí

1. First-person plural exclusive absolutive independent pronoun: we (not you); us (not you)

   Synonym: sikami

   Dakami ti sumaruno a mapan. ― We will go next.

Derived terms

• dakdakami

See also

Ilocano personal pronouns

Person	Number	Absolutive		Ergative	Oblique	Possessive
		Disjunctive	Enclitic	Enclitic3		bági form	kukua form
First	singular	siak	-ak	-ko, -k	kaniak	bagik	kukuak, kuak
	dual	data, sita1	-ta		kaniata, kadata	bagita	kukuata
	plural inclusive	datayo, sitayo1	-tayo, -tay		kaniatayo, kadatayo	bagitayo	kukuatayo
	plural exclusive	dakami, sikami1	-kami, -kam	-mi	kaniami, kadakami	bagimi	kukuami
Second	singular	sika	-ka	-mo, -m	kaniam, kenka	bagim	kukuam
	plural	dakayo, sikayo1	-kayo, -kay	-yo	kaniayo, kadakayo	bagiyo	kukuayo
Third	singular	isu, isuna	Ø2	-na	kaniana, kenkuana	bagina	kukuana
	plural	isuda	-da		kaniada, kadakuada	bagida	kukuada

¹Regional variants.
²Null morpheme: there is no absolutive enclitic for the third person singular pronoun. The disjunctives isu or isuna may also be used.
³Ergative enclitics are also used as possessive markers.

Fused enclitics

Actor	Patient
	siak	data	datayo	dakami	sika	dakayo	isu5	isuda
siak	bagik4	—	—	—	-ka	-kayo	-ko, -k	-ko ida, -k ida
data	—	bagita4	—	—	—	—	-ta	-ta ida
datayo	—	—	bagitayo4	—	—	—	-tayo	-tayo ida
dakami	—	—	—	bagimi4	-daka	-dakayo	-mi	-mi ida
sika	-nak	—	—	-nakami	bagim4	—	-mo, -m	-mo ida, -m ida
dakayo	-dak	-data	—	-dakami	—	bagiyo4	-yo	-yo ida
isu	-nak	-nata	-natayo	-nakami	-naka	-nakayo	bagina4, -na	-na ida
isuda	-dak	-data	-datayo	-dakami	-daka	-dakayo	-da	bagida4, -da ida

⁴Reflexive pronouns use the bagí form.
⁵ isu or isuna may also be added after the enclitics in this column.

Kankanaey

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *da and Proto-Austronesian *kami, from *ami.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dakaˈmi/ [dʌ.k̠ʌˈmi̞]
• Rhymes: -i
• Syllabification: da‧ka‧mi

Pronoun

dakamí

1. First-person plural exclusive independent pronoun: we (not you); us (not you)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms & variants of dakami

Southern / Central
Mt. Province	Tadian	dakami, (Banaao, Cadad-anan, Cagubatan, Dacudac, Lenga, Pandayan) dakamo
Northern / Applai
Mt. Province	Sagada	dakami, (Pidlisan) chakami

See also

Kankanaey personal pronouns

person / number		class I (single)	class II (transitive actor)	class III (transitive undergoer)
Tripartite split
first	singular	-ak	-ko, -k	sak-en
	plural	-kami	-mi	dakami
second	singular	-ka	-mo, -m	sik-a
	plural	-kayo	-yo	dakayo
Accusative split
third	plural	-da		daida
first + second	singular	-ta		daita
	plural	-tako		datako
Ergative split
third	singular	Ø1 / sisya	-na	Ø1 / sisya
fourth	impersonal singular/plural	Ø1	-na	Ø1 / siya
Blends
first + second	singular -ko + -ka	-naka		–
third + second	singular -na + -ka	-daka		–

¹ Null morpheme.