daku

See also: da ku and Daku

Fijian

Noun

daku

1. (anatomy) back
2. back (of anything)

Hiligaynon

Adjective

dakû

1. big, large

Noun

dakû

1. bulk
2. flame, light
3. a copper coin that is now out of circulation

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay daku, variant of aku, from Proto-Malayic *aku, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *aku, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *aku, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *aku, from Proto-Austronesian *aku. Doublet of aku.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /daku/

Pronoun

daku

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

Synonyms

Indonesian first-person pronouns:

• aye, ogut, gue, gua (Jakarta)
• aku (informal)
• daku (poetic)
• saya (polite)
• hamba
• kami (euphemism)

Japanese

Romanization

daku

1. Rōmaji transcription of だく

Malay

Alternative forms

• aku, ku, ku-, -ku

Etymology

Variant of aku, from Proto-Malayic *aku, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *aku, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *aku, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *aku, from Proto-Austronesian *aku.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdaku/ [ˈda.ku]

  • Audio (Malaysia):

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• Rhymes: -aku, -ku, -u
• Hyphenation: da‧ku

Pronoun

daku (Jawi spelling داکو) (poetic)

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)

Usage notes

Used as object of:

• a preposition that ends with an 'n' (e.g., akan, dengan).
• a transitive verb that ends with an 'n' (e.g., menemankan, mementingkan).

See also

Malay personal pronouns

	Singular	Plural
1st person	saya1 aku3	kita4 kami2 & 5 kita orang3 & 5
2nd person	awak1 anda2 awda8 (eng)kau3 kamu3	(2nd person) + semua6 kalian2 (eng)kau orang3
3rd person	dia ia beliau7 -nya2	mereka2 dia orang3

¹ Polite.
² Formal.
³ Informal.
⁴ Includes the listener (inclusive).
⁵ Excludes the listener (exclusive).
⁶ Formality depends on the second person pronoun used.
⁷ Honorific.
⁸ Formal (Brunei).

Notes:

• This table mostly only shows personal pronouns that are commonly used in the standard language and within the Klang Valley area.
• The second person pronouns are often replaced by kinship terms, titles, or the like.
• The enclitic -nya is only used obliquely (as an object or possessor).
• The second person pronoun kamu is usually only used when speaking with younger speakers.

See each entry for more information.

Further reading

• "daku" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017